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TV Review: Doctor Who
Understandably, most of the buzz about the return of Doctor Who has been around the casting of Jodie Whittaker, with some of the more dimwitted commentators announcing that the show was now dead to them with an actual female woman in the lead.
Read the full story..Can we learn valuable lessons in love from ITV’s Love Island? (No, I’m not kidding)
Ah, Love Island.
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..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..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.
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