Outside The Box: January 2026
What's coming to our TV screens in 2026? Find out in the year's first Outside The Box, as we talk about that, as well as why Hannah's cancelled her Netflix and what telly gems have made January a bit ...
30 Jan 28min
Rated or Dated: Donnie Darko (2001)
From badly-timed cinema release to sleeper hit to cult favourite, Richard Kelly's debut film spawned careers, revivals and a Christmas number one. But has it stood the test of time (travel)? Learn ...
28 Jan 31min
Thrills, spills and a strong female lead
Anna Maloney’s fast-paced new thriller The 10:12 is set onboard a hijacked train, and some passengers aren’t just going to sit back and do as they’re told. One in particular, Claire Fitzroy, a late mi...
27 Jan 24min
Dr Donna Peberdy on Screening Sexual Violence
When Dr Donna Peberdy, associate professor of performance, sex and gender at Southampton Solent University, began to see a lot of representations of violence against women in work made by female filmm...
26 Jan 26min
A timely reminder from history, with Lisa Zahra and Beth Burrows
Safe Haven, which has just opened at London's Arcola theatre, tells the true story of what happened in spring 2001, when two million Kurds fleeing Saddam Hussein's forces found themselves in the freez...
23 Jan 28min
The Bush Telegraph: 17 mistakes and some unspeakably good news
If you’ve no idea what’s going on with the US and Greenland, don't worry – neither do we. Nor, apparently, does Donald Trump, so join the club. Elsewhere, we’ve identified a learning opportunity for N...
22 Jan 35min
Rated or Dated: From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Does Robert Rodriguez’s 1996 grindhouse-schlock fest with a screeching plot twist put even more NO into its writer and “star” Quentin Tarantino for Mick, Hannah and Jen? Ooh, it’s a breath bater. Geor...
21 Jan 31min
In Room 706 with Ellie Levenson
Journalist, author and mother of three, Ellie Levenson used to dream of time away from the pressures of family life, a fantasy shared by many of her female friends. This became the basis for her first...
20 Jan 24min
