television
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Stylish Television: The Newsreader
I have to admit, I’m not the World’s foremost authority on Australian television. Home and Away and Neighbours, The Thorn Birds in the 1980’s…and that’s about it. But this week I discovered ‘The Newsreader’, a brilliant, funny, exciting 6 part series set in a news studio in Australia in 1986 and I have been absolutely hooked. Each episode is a joy, set around one of the key news stories of 1986, and the attention to period detail in terms of styling and costumes are absolutely spot on. The Newsreader is, quite frankly, a joy, and I can’t wait until series two. The stand out star of The Newsreader is Anna…
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Stylish Television: Anatomy Of A Scandal
The good thing about Netflix is that there is always so much to watch. The bad thing about Netflix is that there is always so much to watch. The nature of Netflix can mean that you miss things that are frankly unmissable, and you can be late to the party. This was the case with Anatomy of a Scandal, the political scandal drama that seems very apt for our current times, that I finally got around to watching earlier this month. Anatomy of a Scandal is about a government minister who seems to be perfect. Handsome, charming, on the rise, he has a picture perfect wife, a lovely home and…
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Stylish Television: The Ipcress File
In the wake of the fabulous final series of Peaky Blinders, there has been another brilliant series on terrestrial TV at 9pm on Sunday nights, one which has been unfairly overshadowed in my opinion. This series is The Ipcress File, which has its own link to Peaky Blinders in its lead actor Joe Cole, who played John Shelby in the BBC series before coming to an untimely end. The Ipcress File is based on the 1962 novel by Len Deighton that is centred around Harry Palmer, an unlikely and rather reluctant British agent taking part in activities in Berlin at the height of the Cold War. It has been filmed…
