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    From Politics to Primetime: The Rise of Politicians in Reality TV Shows

    Katie Sullivan  Currently, there is a heated debate amongst current affairs surrounding the risky games our current and former politicians are playing when entering various reality TV shows, with former UKIP leader Nigel Farage taking on the challenges of the I’m A Celebrity Jungle. The majority of these politicians/stars...
  • ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here’ Returns

    Lauren McGaun ‘I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here’ has returned to our screens for another year, set once again in the Gwrych Welsh Castle. The series has got off to a strong but turbulent start, with rifts already forming amongst campmates, and technical difficulties causing setbacks...
  • Where does Sport belong on the Box?

    Eighty years ago, live sport made its introduction to UK TV with the screening of Bunny Austin’s tennis match against George Rogers at Wimbledon on the BBC. It was the start of a long love affair between sport and TV, which has continued to blossom ever since. But that’s...
  • Ancient Banter or Punishable Wrongdoing? The Rise of Online Recklessness

    Recent entertainment news has been peppered with stories about the latest celebrity whose age-old tweets have been resurrected, and they are far from PC. Who is dredging up these historical comments remains to be known, but the trend is having huge effects on the public face of stars like...
  • What’s on the box this Christmas

    For those of you who can’t be bothered to buy a Radio Times but don’t want to miss out on the best films and TV shows on the small screen this Christmas, Impact has got you covered! Here’s our pick of the best on the box… CHRISTMAS EVE TV We’re...
  • TV Review – Love Island

    For years, Big Brother has been the queen of trashy reality TV, at the forefront of the Daily Mail gossip column and has produced some class celebrities out of the general public (Nikki Graham anyone?). However, this year, despite the best efforts of Marco Pierre White Jr., Big Brother...
  • TV Review – Downton Abbey Series 6, The Final Goodbye

    After six series, numerous Christmas specials and five years, on Christmas Day it was finally time to wave goodbye to ITV’s smash hit period drama Downton Abbey. Following a series full of twists and turns, viewers were left on tenterhooks, with everything to be resolved in this final feature-length...