Articles by Rob Buckley

About Rob Buckley
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.
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Anna Friel’s Odyssey, Channel 4’s exodus, Backstrom’s reprieve and Denis Leary’s Sex&Drug&Rock&Roll

8 January 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Peter Capaldi in Matt Smith's costume

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New US TV show casting

Weekly Wonder Woman

Weekly Wonder Woman: Superman #25, Superman Unchained #5, Smallville: Harbinger #1

7 January 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Smallville: Harbinger

Time for our weekly round-up of things Wonder Womany in the DC Universe. There’s not been a WW-centric title out of late, but she has popped up in a few, you’ll be gratified to hear – specifically, Superman #25, in which Lois Lane bursts in on a superdate; Superman Unchained #5, in which WW is off saving the world and Superman gets to see the advantages of dating a goddess rather than a mortal; and Smallville: Harbinger #1, which sees Diana in her new Smallville-universe job at the DEO, trying to recruit none other than John Constantine as a magic consultant – with the help of Zatanna. Round up after the jump…

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What TV’s on at the BFI in February 2014

7 January 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Did I miss out January? Oops. Oh well.

Anyway, it’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in February 2014. Bar a preview of Jimmy McGovern’s new BBC1 film Common, TV in February is going to be dedicated to two things: the 30th anniversary of Spitting Image and a season of plays shot in TV studios that used pioneering or innovative techniques, particularly CSO. There’s some juicy ones on offer, including Psy-Warriors, The Journal of Bridget Hitler, and The Life of Galileo, as well as the marvellous The Exorcism. Enjoy!

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