Investigating Harland’s past, present and future
As part of our end of year celebration of genre audio, we present our most recent chat with Lucy Catherine about the second season of Harland The whole subtext really […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin Update – December 2022 (updated)
Thank you to everyone who’s read, followed or mentioned Sci-Fi Bulletin for your support over this past year, particularly for the messages that came in around the time of my […]
Today’s Reviews: Will finds the Signs
Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising has come to the World Service (and in omnibus form to Radio 4) this holiday If you’re looking for a tale to listen to […]
Today’s Reviews: Learning right from wrong
The fourth episode of Transformers Earthspark sees a lesson in right and wrong The script steers into the fact the leads are children and uses Thrash’s impulsiveness and Mo’s good […]
Today’s Reviews: Darker and more complex Curiosity
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities contains many things – including this darker and more complex tale Kate Micucci gives a perfectly pitched performance, and while The Outside is less graphically […]
Today’s Reviews: Playing all the right beats…
Dickens meets Morecambe & Wise… but not in one of Ernie’s plays what he wrote… Put your prejudices to one side, grab a turkey sandwich and settle down for some […]
Today’s Reviews: An Uncanny Christmas
The latest instalment of Danny Robins’ Uncanny focuses on a ghostly presence… It’s not just black and white though, life is rarely that simple. As Roslyn points out: “sometimes there’s […]
Today’s Reviews: The Green Knight returns
The legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has inspired many great works – and the latest graphic novel is well worth your time. Duty and life, precision and […]
Today’s Reviews: A Moo-ving experience for the Transformers
For the next few weekdays, Alasdair Stuart is taking a look at the new Transformers Earthspark series, building on our review of the premiere here. Sweet, funny and with a […]
Today’s Reviews: A fun treasure hunt continues
The National Treasure series continues to be enjoyable fun The series does a nice job of referencing the previous movies, but never in a way that requires the audience to have already […]
RIP Stephen Greif
Stephen Greif, who played Roj Blake’s implacable opponent Travis for the first season of Blake’s 7, has died, aged 78. The news was announced by his agent. In addition to […]
Today’s Reviews: Kindred an also ran?
The new adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Kindred – due in the UK next year – is suffering by coming out so long after the book’s release In a field where […]
Today’s Reviews: Lack of urgency in the War of the Worlds
The penultimate episode of War of the Worlds seems to be lacking urgency… This is a solid, eventful episode with some decent action and a truly glorious one liner from […]
Today’s Reviews: The Signalman’s Tale…
One of the best audios of the year has just arrived – the new Radio 4 version of Charles Dickens’ The Signalman An intelligent expansion of the tale that feels […]
A final trailer for Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin (video)
M Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin, based on Paul Tremblay’s novel The Cabin at the End of the World, arrives early next year, and a final trailer has been […]
A Noble return for Doctor Who in 2023 (video)
It’s not just Donna Noble who’ll be reappearing on Doctor Who, as a festive trailer (the shortest Doctor Who Christmas special yet!) confirmed Jacqueline King’s appearance as Sylvia. The sixty […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 