• ‘Normal People’: Why and How It Has Become One of the Most Important TV Shows of Our Generation

    I am rather sceptical of the notion of a ‘soul mate’. And of love itself to be quite honest. I get frustrated at popular culture and the forms of media which permeate our society with picture perfect depictions of young love. Inaccurate portrayals of exaggerated infatuations and perfectly choreographed...
  • Trailer Watch – Killing Eve Season Three

    If there is one TV show that could distract me from being in lockdown during a pandemic, it’s Killing Eve. Although the second series, written by Emerald Fennel rather than Phoebe Waller-Bridge, felt rather slow and lacklustre, the trailer for the third series suggests the show might be capitalising...
  • Plans to Decriminalise Non-Payment of TV License Fee Announced

    Dating back to when it was charged on the owners of radio sets, the license fee has been a method of funding the BBC since 1923. In light of recent government consultations, however, George investigates the government's recent plans to scrap the prosecution of non-payers and the far-reaching consequences. ...
  • Question Time Leaders Special: An Overview

    Last night Sheffield played host to the BBC’s Question Time leaders special. The two-hour show included questions from a hostile audience directed at the Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and SNP leaders. Under the spotlight, all four were pressed on a range of issues. But how did each politician perform under...
  • TV Review: The Little Drummer Girl

    The six-part adaptation struggles somewhat to convey the intricacies of the tight plot, but more than makes up for it with gripping performances. “A tense and subtle thriller” The Little Drummer Girl, a recent BBC/AMC mini-series based on the 1983 John le Carré spy novel, is a tense and subtle...
  • Style Icon: Stacey Dooley

    I will get straight to the point, I am in love with Stacey Dooley. For those of you who do not know, Stacey is a BBC journalist and documentary presenter. Over her ten-year career, she has worked on documentaries that have seen her getting up close to ISIS, to one...
  • TV Review: Press

    With a premise less centred on cramming our screens with blood-spill and gore than the adjacently aired Bodyguard and Killing Eve, there was always a danger that BBC’s Press would float modestly under the radar. However, writer Mike Bartlett’s latest attempt, a drama absorbing itself in the unremitting world...