The best British TV sci-fi series of all time celebrates its 60th anniversary on the 23rd November 2023. Doctor Who holds the Guinness World Record for being longest running science-fiction television series in the world. It’s got to be doing something right to still be going strong after all this time (no pun intended). So … Continue reading Doctor Who @60 and an unusual Liverpool link
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The end of October sees the start of a second season on the BBC TV drama ‘Time’. Created by Jimmy McGovern the acclaimed first season was set in a men’s prison and starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham. This second season is set in a women’s prison and stars former Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker and … Continue reading Doing Time in St Helens
I did manage to travel beyond the Mersey region this year to bag a few television locations, but I really didn’t need to leave my home town really – film crews descended on St Helens with surprising frequency in 2021. Three new shows used places familiar to me, some barely a 10 minute walk form … Continue reading On my doorstep – St Helens
Last month I posted a list of UK locations I’d like to visit once the world gets calmer and the idea of global travel gets taken for granted again. At this very moment I’d be happy just to be able to visit Liverpool – this week I missed the chance to see Doctor Who filming … Continue reading Future Plans – fantasy location edition
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