If you listen to my podcast Very British Futures than chances are you know about I Don't Do Sci-Fi, the podcast produced by good friends of mine. This Christmas, Kevin Hiley and Rebecca Wray produced a two-hour special episode for YouTube featuring clips from Dani Wray's least favourite decade - The Seventies. Joining her and Rebecca to watch this smorgasbord of vintage television was myself and John Isles. Despite the title of their podcast, the one genre this night did not cover was science fiction. Instead we commented on a wide range of mainstream, mostly peak-time television, interspersed with period adverts.

Who hasn't dreamed of stepping into a time machine and whizzing off to an exciting historical destination? Dominick... | Listen & Review on Goodpods™

Season 2 kicks off with E4's seemingly little remembered comedy drama about extra-terrestrial immigrants - The Aliens. UK in the near future and h...

We’re getting political this week in the latest episode of Very British Futures as we examine little known near-future dystopian drama The Guardians. The Guardians, a 13-episode political drama produced by London Weekend Television in 1971, stands as one of British television’s most thoughtful dystopian works. Created by Rex Firkin and Vincent Tilsley, with important contributions from John Bowen, the series imagines a near-future Britain that has slid quietly into authoritarianism, ruled not by a charismatic dictator but a gentlemanly, patrician businessman and fear of the G’s - the Guardians of the Realm.

This was one of my favourite things I’ve ever had the privilege to do. Today I hosted the first simulated higher education session in Criminology and Sociology in the history of the UK! Students joi...

Des Kinvig's small world is turned upside when he discovers one of his customers, sexy Miss Griffin is in fact an a... | Listen & Review on Goodpods™

There's a brand new episode of Very British Futures out there now, tackling another of British TV most famous SF series - Sapphire and Steel. When Sapphire & Steel first aired on ITV in July 1979, it didn’t so much arrive as materialize—mysterious, minimalist, and utterly unlike anything else on television. Created by Peter J. Hammond, who had written for Ace of Wands and Shadows but had mostly worked on conventional fare like Z-Cars and Crossroads, the series was born from a desire to explore the fragility of time and the eerie consequences of its disruption.

The tourist season is over and Inverdee Island is closing down and preparing for the winter. But when the body of S... | Listen & Review on Goodpods™

It's just another day in Sheffield, everyone going about their own affairs, when suddenly the unthinkable happens -... | Listen & Review on Goodpods™

Mankind is busy colonising the solar system. Space stations in orbit, a busy moonbase, and pioneers on Mars. A new ... | Listen & Review on Goodpods™

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When retired photojournalist Steve Blake sees a man die in a car explosion, then meets the same man the next day ap... | Listen & Review on Goodpods™

This week sees the release by Zepo Publishing of a brand new book about Doctor Who and specifically its fanbase around the world - Fantastic! A Celebration of Fans Discovering Doctor Who. Editor Nicholas Seidler sent out a questionnaire earlier this year asking Doctor Who fans to contribute memories and thoughts prompted by four questions: When did they first start watching? How did they become a fan? What is their favourite fan related memory? What story would they recommend to a new viewer? Over a hundred replies are collected together in this book, including my own.

The rogue planet Medusa arrives in our solar system. Beneath its surface is an advanced alien civilisation where wo... | Listen & Review on Goodpods™