Doctor Who – Rosa
Sam Savelli reviews the latest Doctor Who episode which pays a visit to Rosa Parks and wonders how this episode could have looked if the Doctor were played by a black actor
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Did ‘Bodyguard’ live up to the hype?
Sam Savelli reviews 'Bodyguard' and looks at whether the most watched BBC drama of the last decade was really worth the hype
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TV at Warwick Uni – The big screen
The piazza is undoubtedly one of the first places on the Warwick campus that you get to know. And it's arguably at its most atmospheric when there are screenings of big TV events such as Eurovision, the World Cup and The Great British Bake-Off.
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The best of children’s TV
Sam Savelli looks back at the best children's TV of the noughties, from Blue Peter to The Sarah Jane Adventures
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‘Humans’ season 3 review
Sam Savelli reviews the third season of Channel 4's Humans, which tells the story of the struggle faced by newly conscious synths in a world of unsympathetic humans
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How Channel 5 showed that a nunnery is more liberating than a nightclub
Sam Savelli reviews Channel 5's reality show 'Bad Habits, Holy Orders' which sees the clash of modern 'party girls' with an order of nuns. Is this just another exploitative reality show or is it actually a worthwhile piece of television?
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13 Reasons Why you should give this Netflix series a miss
Sam Savelli reviews the second season of 13 Reasons Why and give thirteen reasons why he thinks you should give this show a miss
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Thoughts on gendered stereotypes from a Mr Men and Little Miss superfan
Researchers from the University of Lincoln have recently presented the findings of a study which has concluded that gendered stereotypes can be found in the Mr Men and Little Miss books. The findings have since been discussed in the media and led to many claiming the books are ‘sexist’. When I saw...
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Ant & Dec on the Rocks
It's been a tough few weeks for Ant & Dec, ever since Ant was arrested for drink-driving. What will this misdemeanor mean for their careers in the long term?
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Collateral review – so many characters, so few episodes
BBC2’s four-part drama Collateral came to an end this Monday. The series followed the investigation of DI Kip Glaspie (Carey Mulligan) into the murder of a pizza delivery man, Abdullah. The plot of this complex drama spiralled off to follow numerous different characters whose involvement in the murder ranged from...
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Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway returns
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is back for its fifteenth series in 17 years - but why is it quite so popular?
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Why Next of Kin isn’t the drama that Muslims deserved
Sam Savelli looks at the portrayal of Muslims and Islam in Next of Kin, and explains why it is a problematic depiction.
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Is more religious programming at the BBC a good move?
The BBC is to air more religious programming - two writers look at whether this is a good move, and what forms it could take.
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