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In third year of uni I took a bit of a mental turn on a night out and was suddenly convinced that everyone around me was a replicant; a robot masquerading as a human, with viscous porridge for blood and a hard-wired hatred for humanity. ‘I’m the only meatbag here,’ I thought, ‘how could I be so blind?’ My mind bucked and waned under the philosophical crisis of it. Then of course there was the physical threat. At any moment...

We all know and love the BBC iPlayer function but as with many modern technologies, there has been a loophole in the system that has, up until now, allowed individuals to use the iPlayer without owning a TV license. Most commonly this includes expats living abroad who want to keep up to date with their favourite programmes and under the old rules, you only needed to own a TV license if you watched television live – meaning programmes that were...

Former Saturday Kitchen presenter James Martin is reportedly in talks to replace Chris Evans as the new host of Top Gear. Evans quit Top Gear after the public failed to warm to the new line-up, with the BBC Radio 2 disk jockey backed up by Friend's star Matt Le Blanc and Eddie Jordan amongst others. Now Martin, a self-confessed petrol head, looks to be in talks about taking the reigns. According to the Sunday People, Martin lost out to Evans when...

Amidst a torrent of awful news and shocking football results, we can always rely on British television to cheer us up. Today a BBC news reporter was caught playing on her phone before a live broadcast and former England manager Steve McClaren reacted in the most splendid way possible following Iceland's second goal which proved to be the nail in the coffin for England. Watch them both in full below: Steve McClaren Praising England Dominance vs Iceland  I could watch...

One of the strengths of the series since the pilot episode has been the characterisation of not only our regular band of misfits, but also the ancillary characters that prop up the world of Annville. ‘Monster Swamp’ sees Jesse fade into the background, in favour of fleshing out the side characters and the writing team does this admirably – continuing to weave the webs that connect the members of this community. The episode opens with imagery that wouldn’t be out...

After an action packed episode 2, Preacher returns to its famed slow boil this week using this latest outing to unpack the characters and reward the audience with some startling revelations. Spending the first two episodes tearing through Texas, we open with Tulip trading in the map she stole in the pilot – it turns out it was mere currency for the last known address of an ex-accomplice. Whilst we don’t see what the map contains, it’s great to finally see...

Review by Ben Holliday After a two-week hiatus, Preacher makes an explosive return to our screens with Episode 2 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK. Similarly, to the first episode, this was a slow burner, tentatively building the suspense surrounding our main cast of characters. However, episode 2 makes use of its cable home, with incredibly graphic and impressive action scenes truly upping the ante. Now that isn’t to say that character building is foregone in the name of...

Review by Leslie Byron Pitt Scandinavian fiction has gained a significant amount of attention over the last few years. With good reason too. Whether it's film or television, there’s been an abundance of mature, adult drama. Be it critiques on masculinity such as the 2014 feature Force Majeure, or the power play politics that feature in the likes of Adam Prices’ well received TV Drama series Borgen. As primarily a film writer, I often don’t have the time to venture...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I am from Newcastle and yes I have what some would call " a stupid incomprehensible accent," and inevitably some "joker" in the pub will try and mimic it for "comic" effect. It makes me cringe especially when begged to say "why aye man," to a group of trainee accountants from Kent, who then go on to give my northern dialect a go. But nothing has prepared me for this...US television show Castle's interpretation of...