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Review: Peaky Blinders, Season Four, Episode One
“We’re going back…back to Small Heath,” says a blood-spattered Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) in the opening episode of Peaky Blinders, season four.
Read the full story..“The success of Danger Mouse took us all by surprise.” Brian Trueman talks about the legacy of Manchester animation studio, Cosgrove Hall
Cosgrove Hall was the little animation studio that could.
Read the full story..Julie Hesmondhalgh talks Broadchurch, Brexit and the importance of theatre
It’s the final episode of Broadchuch tonight. If like Northern Soul you’ve been gripped by the last series of this superlative drama, that’s due in no small part to Julie Hesmondhalgh’s gripping portrayal of a rape victim.
Read the full story..Review: CBBC’s The Worst Witch, Manchester Town Hall
As a list of magical ingredients, it’s hard to beat. Manchester Town Hall on a Sunday afternoon in the run-up to Christmas with the festive German Market in full swing outside, playing host to several hundred excited children who have come to take part in a range of bespoke themed activities, all culminating in a gala preview screening of the first episode of a new CBBC adaptation of a modern classic.
Read the full story..Review: To Walk Invisible, BBC, Hebden Bridge Picture House
It is a cold, wet and windy night in Hebden Bridge.
Read the full story..Granada @ 60: a celebration of Granadaland
There are many candidates which could lay claim to being the North’s most iconic landmark, from football stadiums to stately homes.
Read the full story..Northern Soul talks to Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Elmo at The Furchester Hotel
Midway through my chat with Cookie Monster, I ask him if his diet extends to anything non-cookie related and, if so, what?
Read the full story..Handbags at Dawn: Archers fans go to war on Facebook
Call me middle class, but accept that I’m from working class stock.
Read the full story..“Britain has become Royston Vasey” – Mark Gatiss talks to Northern Soul
“Britain has become Royston Vasey and we’ve never had any credit for it.”
Read the full story..Queen of the Shrews: a tribute to Jean Alexander and Hilda Ogden
The thing with shrews is this: no matter how piercing or shrill, they’re very clever.
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