Geek Overture

Everyone loves the stereotypical British characters, the pompous narrator and of course the sheer perfect performances that can bring more laughs in a 3 minute skit than 2 hours of stand-up. As a foreigner in the UK I never knew what to expect of ‘British Culture’ and started to make my own assumptions about how [...]

Sherlock. Enigma to the end. There’s a lot of fun to be had comparing the show and its creators to the lead character and his modus operandi. Just how clever is he? Is he more concerned with making everyone aware of how clever he is than doing what’s in the best interest of all involved? [...]

  There probably isn’t a fictional detective more popular than Sherlock Holmes. Since his creation by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887 Sherlock Holmes has been written about, appeared on the silver screen and the little screen more times than any other fictional character. The Guinness World Records has consistently listed Sherlock Holmes as the [...]

BBC’s Sherlock, you are an unusual beast. The main characters have one of the most convincingly hidden-in-plain-sight pseudo-romantic relationships dedicated to the small screen, but the adventure that surrounds this realistically odd fish of a pairing has leapt gleefully off the deep end. This week the boys tackle one of Sherlock’s most famous mysteries: The [...]

The BBC have had a bit of a killer year in 2011, and by golly 2012 is off to a winner with the first episode of the new series of Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch’s cheekbones and the bags under Martin Freeman’s eyes. Questions about the nature of the leads’ relationship and the watershed  aside, Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss have [...]

BBC’s Emily Maitlis, headed to the US to report on life inside Facebook, from its inner workings to how it uses personal information to custom advertise to Facebook users. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is interviewed throughout. I felt like this documentary covered some key topics but that Emily Matis did not really use her time well [...]

  Merlin is based on a legend we’re all familiar with. We know that Merlin will become Arthur’s trusted advisor and not just his servant boy, but for this to happen we also know that Merlin has to reveal his magical powers and come out of the closet, so to speak. Before this can happen [...]

A troubled man looks out of a window over a cold landscape; a couple of armed hoodlums knocking on the front door of a house; and a girl followed down a Paris back street by a man with a knife.

Settling in for the final episode of Doctor Who series 6? It’s been a great run, but all things must come to an end, usually around episode 13 (unless we’re also counting Christmas). So in anticipation of The Wedding of River Song, here are 6 of our favourite bits of series 6.

Torchwood returns to screens this month with an all new series, new cast members and an all new format. In preparation the BBC marketing machine has started its promotional campaign. Series 4 of the show, known henceforth as Torchwood: Miracle Day begins on BBC One on 14th of July following a 2 year gap. This [...]