Television Magazine

Television Magazine

Monthly Publication of the RTS

December/January 2025

As excitement builds for Gavin & Stacey’s long-awaited Christmas Day finale, we savour six of...
Matthew Bell has a terrific time at the Bristol set of CBBC’s returning Famous Five series, mixing...
Keira Knightley is out for revenge in Netflix’s audacious new spy thriller, Black Doves. Caitlin...
Does Jilly Cooper’s tale of franchise battles in Rivals reflect what actually happened in the 1980s...
Elan Closs Stephens finds that community spirit in Aberystwyth at Christmas easily trumps a poor...
Matthew Bell rediscovers a timeless show that veered brilliantly from poignant to ludicrous and...
Harrison Bennett goes behind the scenes to hear all the latest gossip from Jilly Cooper’s...
Stuart Prebble cut his teeth on Granada’s vintage current affairs show World in Action before...
Steve Clarke talks to the team who have kept a dynamic 10-year liaison between BBC Studios and...
Andy Harries reveals how his glittering television career almost ended before it began
Shilpa Ganatra discovers the dark secrets of Dexter Morgan, now depicted as a fledgling serial...
Whether it’s athletics, football or boxing, young fans now want more than just the main event. Our...
Matt Geraghty finds the TV industry in rude health in beautiful South West Britain
After 4,500 episodes, the BBC soap’s GP surgery has seen its last patients. Roz Laws hears cast and...
The seven people stand indoors in front of wood panelling, smiling to the camera
Seraphina Allard-Bridge hears how commissioning an inspired original score can make a show truly...
Matthew Bell reports on the centre’s awards ceremony, which saw two long-serving local legends...
From drama to factual TV, journalism and development, RTS Student Masterclasses offer invaluable...
Steven Knight’s BBC One drama nabbed a hat-trick of awards in Birmingham. Matthew Bell reports
Matthew Bell reports on the centre’s all-star award evening, held amid the maritime heritage of...
Seraphina Allard-Bridge is beguiled by the beauty of Netflix’s new series
Channel 4’s Everyone Else Burns proves the sitcom is alive, kicking and still very funny. Matthew...
Tim Davie, who has short white hair and is in his mid-fifties, stands at a podium, smiling slightly
On the BBC’s centenary in Northern Ireland, its Director-General saluted recent success. Matthew...
Four photos of the face of a man in his thirties or forties are held up in front of somebody's face. Behind him, there is a green and orange backdrop with cannabis leaves, a small plane and a flamingo pool float
Roz Laws hears how a BBC documentary on cannabis smuggler Howard Marks was brought to the screen
A young woman in a stripy top operates a large, industry-standard video camera
The M Shed in Bristol was full of emerging TV talent for the sold-out eighth year of the...
Images of David Smith and Lucky Shuker in wheelchairs are side-by-side, with a distorted effect merging the two together. Smith is in his mid-thirties and Shuker mid-forties
Behind-the-scenes documentary Parallel Lines, which features top GB Paralympians Lucy ...
Two woman join hands, facing each other and smiling, while seven other people sit on sofas, looking up at them happily
We’ve all heard of stereo and surround sound, but what is it called when audio comes from...