Catching up with television's Christmas treats I have been watching BBCFour's The Ballet Master: Sir Peter Wright at 90. (The 60-minute documentary is on iPlayer for another 22 days.) This is an enjoyably warm celebration of the dancer, more
We are thrilled to announce that Richard II directed by Deborah Warner with Fiona Shaw as the king is now available on our DVD label and can be purchased here for £17.99. Twenty years ago we produced this television version of more
Last night, for the London opening of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Half a Sixpence, the production's publicists employed an up-to-the-minute medium in a manner that mimicked the early years of television. Working with Facebook Live, Half a Sixpence first more
To round off a few days devoted to the 80th anniversary of the start of the BBC television service from Alexandra Palace, here's how the BBC marked the 40th anniversary. This lavish programme, produced by Bruce Norman, includes archive material, more
Having yesterday highlighted Shakespeare on television between the wars, today's short post spotlights a Media History seminar on Tuesday when I'm sharing the spotlight with my colleague Dr Amanda Wrigley. The event is a contribution to an more
I was delighted last week to receive a copy of the new Shakespeare Survey volume, no 69, published by Cambridge University Press. This is an annual collection of Shakespeare scholarship edited by Peter Holland - and for this themed more
The world's first regular television service started 80 years ago today, when BBC Television began daily transmissions from Alexandra Palace (above is AP's blue plaque). To mark the date, at 9pm tonight BBC Four broadcast Television's Opening Night: How the Box more
Yesterday's Observer carried a loving profile by Kate Kellaway of the writer John Berger. Berger's 90th birthday is this coming Saturday, and Kate Kellaway catches something of the achievement and significance of his life when she writes: Critic, novelist, poet, dramatist, artist, commentator more
We're absolutely delighted that Robert Hanks has written a review for the October issue of Sight&Sound our DVD box set of 1965 BBC-RSC History plays cycle, The Wars of the Roses. More details of the set, as well as more
With my colleague Dr Irene Morra from Cardiff University, I am working on a major international, interdisciplinary academic conference to be held at Senate House next June. 'Britain, Canada, and the Arts: Cultural Exchange as Post-war Renewal' will coincide with the 150th more