A while back, londonkds published a series of top-five and top-ten lists, and invited people reading his LJ to post "Ten" or "Five" depending on how long the lists they wanted to make were. I opted for "five", and he gave me "Name the five best British film directors currently working today". A good question ( Read more... )

Every now and then, in the modern media landscape, someone will stand up and say the unsayable - that reality shows aren't very good, and there are too many of them. Usually it's someone like Michael Parkinson, who can be easily dismissed as pining for the good old days of Mind Your Language and Churchill's People, but what happens when it's ( Read more... )

Spoilers for tonight's episode of Doctor Who, the trailer for next week's episode of Doctor Who, and - weirdly - tonight's episode of Casualty.

( This one was the long-awaited musical episode, where the villain turned out to be Barbara Streisand. Played by Anthony Stuart Head )