As crime dramas take over as the nation’s favourite television genre, Nigel Jones asks why we enjoy watching dramatic reenactments of sadistic murders

Adam Curtis’s six-part history of the modern imagination is an obituary for serious or even semi-serious television

If one judged the playwright solely on the film versions of his work, one might be forgiven for believing that he had never been particularly accomplished

Nigel Jones warns that cinematic portrayals of historical events and figures could alter how we understand the past

Far from progressive, Russell T Davies’ recent remarks on the suitability of straight actors playing ‘gay’ roles are conservative and reactionary

Babs was a uniquely British actress and comedian whose true worth, thankfully, was realised comparatively early in her long career

As Coronation Street celebrates its diamond jubilee, is it time to take it seriously as the chronicler of our times?

A separate channel dedicated to British sport could have saved the BBC

A contemporary political drama uses the double whammy of Covid and Brexit to reanimate older, primeval forces