Apparently, Africa makes TV. Who knew? Well, most people, probably. But did you know they also make science-fiction there?
Shut up, Charlie Jade fans.
Well, they do. They – and by ‘they’, I mean South African network SABC – have even made their own sort of Fringe meets The X-Files called Room 9, which you can read more about here. It’s going to be on the Africa Channel in the UK from 8th July, so you might want to give it a watch.
The observant will notice a Torchwood reference pretty soon in the trailer, too – apparently, Africa watches our TV, too.
I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.
