This week’s mid-season episode, “The Reaper”, is for the first time in the series a sequel episode, giving it the … More
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The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 5 – “The Frankenstein Murders”
Four people are in a candle-lit laboratory; two of them are the Shelleys (Richard Clements and Anna Maxwell Martin), one … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 6 – “Spring-Heeled Jack”
The clever twist in this week’s episode is that while everyone, including Hyde (Tom Bateman), is out on the hunt … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 4 – “The Fortune of War”
I’ve seen things in “The Fortune of War”; things that are now seared into my retinas and playing with my … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 5 – “Black Dog”
Last week, the first arc of the series was abruptly concluded with the spectacular and unexpected death of sneering Captain … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 4 – “The Calyx”
Just when I was starting to think that Jekyll and Hyde was never going to get going the way I wanted it … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 3 – “All the Lost Children”
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
‘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
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