From Quatermass to Doctor Who, so much early television has vanished – and as film degrades and collectors age, the chances of recovering what remains are shrinking ...

In June 1953, Great Britain was experiencing a frisson of optimism, unity and national pride as all eyes turned towards Westminster Abbey and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Everest had just ...

Back in 2021, Hannah’s love of all things nerdy collided with her passion for writing — and she hasn’t stopped since. She covers pop culture news, writes reviews, and conducts interviews on just about ...

George Orwell’s novel 1984 was brought to television on 12 December 1954, written by Nigel Kneale and directed by Rudolph Cartier. Its vision of a future authoritarian state shocked viewers, ...

Nigel Kneale’s spine-tingling adaptation of Susan Hill’s gothic novel The Woman in Black creeps onto Blu-ray for the first time ever in this restored special edition, with an audio commentary from ...

Everyone eventually dies. Except me, of course. I mean, I'm only gauging by my own personal experience, but it seems pretty obvious to me that the fact that I haven't died yet (that I know of) is ...

Television and film scriptwriter Nigel Kneale was best known for the creation of the cult science fiction character Professor Bernard Quatermass. Quatermass appeared in three serials for BBC ...

The Witches Despite a very professional cast, this Nigel Kneale script [from Peter Curtis' novel The Devil's Own] doesn't spark off enough horror and tension to make the picture more than routine ...

Professor Bernard Quatermass arrives in this chaos from his Scottish retirement retreat to take part in a TV show marking the moment when Russian and American space projects become one. He sees the ...