TV
Review: Utopia, Pilot Light TV Festival, Manchester
Now in its third year, Pilot Light TV Festival continues to offer discerning diversions to those whose passion for the potential of the medium remains devout.
Read the full story..Review: Christopher Eccleston, Pilot Light Festival, Manchester
Christopher Eccleston has recently been described as a ‘northern powerhouse’.
Read the full story..“You should absolutely grow old disgracefully.” Sue Johnston talks to Northern Soul
A fixture on our screens for more than 35 years, Sue Johnston’s telly CV is impressive: Brookside, The Royle Family, Waking the Dead, Coronation Street, Downton Abbey and Jam & Jerusalem to name but a few.
Read the full story..Exclusive: Morph talks to Northern Soul
It’s not easy interviewing a superstar.
Read the full story..Let’s Watch TV together: Pilot Light TV Festival
Back in the day, ‘watching the telly’ meant simply that: sitting in the living room staring at the television set in the corner when your show of choice was on.
Read the full story..“My sexuality has never been an issue for me.” Dancing On Ice’s Matt Evers talks to Northern Soul
I’ve only tried ice skating once.
Read the full story..Preview: Hull’s Headscarf Heroes, BBC Four
Brian W. Lavery, author of The Headscarf Revolutionaries: Lillian Bilocca and the Hull Triple Trawler Disaster, writes for Northern Soul about a new BBC documentary, Hull’s Headscarf Heroes.
Read the full story..A tribute to Peter Wyngarde
Frills, coiffures and moustaches were at half-mast following the announcement that Peter Wyngarde, or Petunia Winegum as he was known in his queer circles, had passed away.
Read the full story..Detectorists: small-scale, low-key and utterly perfect
In a year when pure joy has generally been in short supply, the third series of the BBC sitcom Detectorists has been a cultural highlight.
Read the full story..The League of Gentlemen: why the time is right for revival
Well, they did say ‘you’ll never leave’.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
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