Britain in the 1990s. What a time to be alive. We had Britpop, we had the dawn of a new era in terms of New Labour, we had great fashions, we had great art, and we almost, almost, had football coming home. We also had some great movies too. When […]
Pop Screen roars back, like an army of mods on scooters, with Quadrophenia. One of the definitive British cult movies, a peerless translation of an ambitious concept album and a loving tribute to a scene that, in its era, was so dangerous that the term “moral panic” was coined to […]
It has long been said that comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin, and this has never been more true than in the common link of great personal tragedy that can be found in many a quintessentially British comedian from yesteryear. Think about them; Tony Hancock, an […]
It’s an educational show this week as Aidan, Tim and Graham learn about the darkest secret of Hammer Studios and the how the director of “Some Like It Hot” prolonged the legend of the Loch Ness Monster. Before all of that there’s Film of the Week – Aardman Animation’s latest […]