John Wyver writes the second of a series of posts about BBC Television's 1960-61 strand of original dramas - his introduction is here. Those of us with an interest in the history of television drama will see more
John Wyver writes: Among my television ephemera is a handsome 12-page pamphlet printed in black and red on high quality paper published by the BBC in the late summer of 1960. 20 new plays presented by BBC Television (respecting the more
John Wyver writes: I'm a little late in posting this week, but here's the latest clutch of pointers to articles, videos, radio programmes and the occasional Twitter thread that have engaged me this week. • Beethoven Unleashed: more
John Wyver writes: I am increasingly fascinated by British television in the early to mid-1950s. This was a moment when the medium was becoming increasingly confident and an ever more significant presence in both public life and in the private more
John Wyver writes: now more or less in its final form, here is another group of links to articles and videos that have engaged me over the past week. As always, my Twitter timeline is a wonderful source for these, more
John Wyver writes: another selection of things that have caught my eye and engaged my attention over the past week - with my thanks, as ever, to all those in my Twitter feed and on FaceBook who make such interesting more
John Wyver writes: back to standard-issue links this week, and I'm determined not to lead with gloomy analyses of the world, but rather with a clutch of recommendations both for and about The Queen's Gambit (Netflix, above - a framegrab more
https://youtu.be/1AfNYztas2c https://youtu.be/ExPm_hJQYpQ Normal service will be resumed next week, after seven days that hopefully will be less exhausting, but unlikely to be more exhilarating, than the past seven. In the meantime there's lots of reading via:
moreJohn Wyver writes: on Sunday I posted the first part of a compendious list of 50 links to celebrate a century of Sunday links since we revamped the website; this is the second part with another more
John Wyver writes: this is the one hundredth set of Sunday links since we over-hauled our website back in 2014. The feature took a number of forms before that, including 'Links for the weekend', and there was a long period more