Category: TV Series
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The X-Files: A Return
According to IMDb, The X-Files first aired in the U.K. on 19th September, 1994 – which is pretty much half a lifetime ago. No other TV show has stuck in the mind to anywhere near the extent The X-Files has. Why should this be so? What is it about this particular TV show that has…
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Game of Thrones
‘Game of Thrones’ scores 9.2 on IMDb and has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one highly regarded show. The IMDb score is exactly the same as the (in my humble opinion) the far superior ‘The Sopranos’. I understand that while telling the overarching story of Tony Soprano, ‘The Sopranos’ tells season-length stories,…
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V for Various
“To the heroism of Resistance Fighters – past, present and future – this work is respectfully dedicated.” Title Card, V (1983) When V hit TV screens back in the early Eighties, it seemed like major event television. Looking inevitably dated today, at the time, and for a TV show, the effects looked pretty amazing –…
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