As we reach the mid-point in the 6-part series, The Frankenstein Chronicles continues to move at a measured pace. After last week’s lecture … More
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‘Doctor Who’ and the BBC’S Remit for Education and Information
With recent debates and discussions surrounding the government’s Green Paper and the BBC’s Charter review (how the BBC should be … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 2 – “Seeing Things”
The connection between nursery rhymes/fairy tales and horror stories are deeply profound and significant: they tend to share sinister origins … More
“Though This Be Madness, Yet There Is Method In’t”: Speculating on [Joss Whedon] Adaptations of Shakespeare
To borrow from Hamlet‘s Polonius, there is something of a method to the madness in Whedon shooting a “homebrew” adaptation of … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 1 – “A World Without God”
Through recent comic books (Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.), stage adaptations (The National Theatre’s Frankenstein), films (I Frankenstein and Victor Frankenstein), vlogs (Frankenstein MD), … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 3 – “The Cutter”
Three episodes in, and Jekyll and Hyde finally found its groove … for five minutes. Like when Jekyll tries to restrain his … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 2 – “Mr Hyde”
Between Ofcom and ITV, last week’s episode amassed more than 800 complaints, and despite starting half-an-hour later this week as originally … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 1 – “Harbinger”
Adapted and presented as a sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, … More
‘An Inspector Calls’ Indicts the Ruling Class in BBC’s Latest Literary Drama
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “An unfaithful rich man walks into a bar and picks up a … More
‘The Gamechangers’ Changes Nothing But the Actual Events
Constructed from court documents and interviews with unnamed persons, the BBC’s new factual drama, The Gamechangers professes to go behind … More
‘The Scandalous Lady W’ Is Scandalously Derivative of Better Dramas
Figuratively speaking, I imagine that somewhere in the underground vaults of the BBC there must have been a creative team … More
Jane Austen: A Grand Tour of Pemberley
In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bingley pointedly informs his sister, Caroline: ‘I should think it more possible to get Pemberley … More
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