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.
Preview: Ground Floor 1x1 (TBS)
Charley Says: Beware of plays about nuclear war, particularly Threads (1984)
The CW loves its new shows and David Cross to guest on Community
Fourth-episode verdict: The Tunnel/Tunnel (Sky Atlantic/Canal+)
Question of the week: is a mandatory Bechdel test a good idea?
2001: A Space Documentary
Here. Have an extended trailer for the 50th anniversary Doctor Who special
Natalie Dormer spoils Game of Thrones. Not really
Yay! Gina Carano is going to be in Almost Human
More Downton Abbey, Alan Alda visits The Blacklist and the US gets a Bad Education
