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 MoreNow 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. Uniquely, perhaps, it affords the opportunity for a communal viewing...
Read MoreWhen I was in my early 20s I loved the TV show Sex and the City. A group of friends and I dressed up and went to the cinema to watch the first film – complete with dinner, cocktails and a whole lot of giggles. But, watching...
Read MoreChristopher Eccleston has recently been described as a ‘northern powerhouse’. Not in the political sense you understand, rather in the pure strength and range of his acting ability. Some actors would flounder on stage without a...
Read MoreBack 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. Older readers may even bear the scars of missing their...
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