THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT (1975)
byThe life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming-of-age and growing into old age in conservative England.
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DOCTOR WHO, 10.9 – ‘Empress of Mars’
byIf this is his last appointment with the man in the blue box, then clearly writer Mark Gatiss had a field day with this…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.8 – ‘The Lie of the Land’
byThere’s a line in this week’s Doctor Who, “The Lie of the Land”, that made me smile. It was a smile in recognition that…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.7 – ‘The Pyramid at the End of the World’
byImagine, you’re a skilled researcher working in a top secret lab completing biochemical trials on crops, and you’ve been out on the lash the…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.6 – ‘Extremis’
bySteven Moffat returns to Doctor Who writing duties this week with “Extremis”, the first chapter of a three-part story. We’re also back in a…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.5 – ‘Oxygen’
byIf you’ve been paying attention over the last five episodes of Doctor Who you’ll have noticed certain themes cropping up. There have been digs…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.4 – ‘Knock Knock’
by“Well, you don’t have to go to outer space to find monsters,” claims Nardole (Matt Lucas) at the conclusion of Mike Bartlett’s “Knock Knock”….
DOCTOR WHO, 10.3 – ‘Thin Ice’
byI was half expecting Stevie Wonder to show up in “Thin Ice”, writer Sarah Dollard’s contribution to this year’s series of Doctor Who. Why?…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.2 – ‘Smile’
byIf the theme of robots becoming sentient seems familiar in “Smile”, the second episode of the tenth series of Doctor Who, then look no…
CLIQUE – Series One
byChildhood friends Georgia and Holly are a few weeks into studying at university in Edinburgh, when Georgia finds herself drawn into an elite circle of alpha females, led by lecturer Jude McDermid…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.1 – ‘The Pilot’
byThere’s a marvellous composition right at the start of this week’s Doctor Who that speaks volumes. As “The Pilot” begins and Bill Potts (Pearl…
TABOO – Series One
byTaboo is the kind of show that divides people. For every person who loves it passionately (revelling in the mud, muck, and mayhem that…