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6 May 2020
TV Review BBC Panorama: PPE shortage - how many lives will be lost?
I was astounded as to the extent of the government's PPE failures and how NHS staff are being put at risk, writes Barbara Clare, Stevenage Socialist Party.
18 March 2020
Our reviewer gives the BBC TV series the thumbs down, but recommends the original book
26 February 2020
This is the BBC: fight the cuts - and the capitalist media
The BBC plans to scrap over 500 news jobs.Targets include reductions at Newsnight and 5 Live, but cutbacks will hit the whole division.
29 January 2020
TV review: The Trial of Christine Keeler
Benjamin Disraeli, two-time Tory prime minister in the nineteenth century, once said: "A Conservative government is an organised hypocrisy". The Christine Keeler story on BBC1 would seem to bear out that analysis.
15 January 2020
Environmental journalist and campaigner George Monbiot recently narrated a thought-provoking documentary on Channel 4 - Apocalypse Cow.
6 November 2019
TV: Crime and Punishment - this brutal watch is a damning indictment of cuts and capitalism
This compelling six-part documentary, filmed over two years, really underlines the deep crisis throughout the criminal justice system.
30 October 2019
TV: The Accident - Will capitalism be exposed in upsetting, true-to-life drama?
There's a huge explosion on a building site. Children playing on the poorly guarded site are caught in the blast - dead, injured or trapped in an unsafe building that's collapsing.
11 September 2019
Leeds pensioners occupy BBC to save free TV licenses
"BBC, shame on you" was the chant as around 50 pensioners from across Yorkshire, including as far away as Scarborough, occupied the reception area of the Leeds BBC offices.
4 September 2019
Dozens of protests say Boris must go - Socialist Party policies heard on TV
In response to Boris Johnson's undemocratic suspension of Parliament, tens of thousands of people have protested
28 August 2019
Stop the latest Tory attack on our pensions
Pensioners are under attack. The Centre for Social Justice, a right-wing think tank, is proposing that pensioners should in effect work until they drop.
3 July 2019
TV: Years and Years - Engaging family drama pushes confused, reactionary message
The six-part political and family drama Years and Years follows one family from the present day over 15 years.
19 June 2019
Defend free TV licences for over-75s!
The sheer hypocrisy of this Tory government, with candidates fighting like rats in a sack for the leadership, is exposed further by its demand that the BBC rethink its plan to scrap free television licences for over-75s, writes Keith Dickinson, West London Socialist Party.
12 June 2019
TV Review: Chernobyl - Workers' heroism vs sclerotic Stalinism
This five-part docudrama focuses on the disaster in 1986 that took place at the Chernobyl (now part of Ukraine) nuclear facility in the Soviet Union.
8 May 2019
'Line of Duty' - twists and turns as organised crime meets police corruption
TV: 'Line of Duty' is a work of fiction - so undercover police officers are not targeting trade unions and environmental campaigns
10 April 2019
'Traitors': Cold War cloak and daggers as capitalist powers spy on allies
TV review: At the end of World War Two, US imperialism calculated the British Empire was a spent force and the US could take on the mantle of world power
20 February 2019
TV: Les Misérables - Hugo's novel and this adaptation both offer a message of hope
Les Misérables started life as a three-volume novel by Victor Hugo written during his political exile from France.
30 January 2019
Letters to the Socialist's editors including Grayling's history fail and TV licences.
16 January 2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War - an interesting but inaccurate portrayal of EU referendum
TV review: Not an accurate portrayal, or even a good drama
28 November 2018
Trump is capricious and dangerous - but is he really in charge?
Non-fiction: Fear - Trump in the White House: 'Fear: Trump in the White House' by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward is based on 'inside source' material - secret interviews with some of Trump's closest advisers and staff
31 January 2018
For a series that cricket fans look forward to for months, this year's Ashes was something of a disappointment - on the English side, at least. We lost 4-0, and were only saved from a 5-0 whitewash by a lifeless pitch ensuring a draw.
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