Simon Brett produced the pilot episode of The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy but it was Geoffrey Perkins, Adams’ contemporary, who really “got” what the show was about. Perkin’s […]

TV’s Big Al (The Beiderbecke Affair, Connection), soldier from Tinker Tailor Solider Spy and Watson to Tom Baker’s Holmes, has died, though I found out about it because of a […]

‘Tis a while since I read His Dark Materials trilogy, but having just seen the first film in the series, I wonder if I read the same book that Chris […]