This spin-off of spoof Olympics documentary Twenty Twelve takes on the BBC. There’s fun skewering of bureaucracy’s love of jargon, particularly from narrator David Tennant, and of petty workplace tyrants. But W1A might be letting a scandal-ridden institution of the establishment off too lightly. The first episode even pokes fun at those who speak out about discrimination.
Punk rock trio S*M*A*S*H made a song about killing the hated and discredited Tory government into a top 30 hit 20 years ago.
Devastation is all the rage these days, with zombie-ridden post-apocalyptic fantasies and lush photographs of urban decay doing a roaring trade in their respective niches. This exhibition traces this modern fascination back through postwar modernism and cities bombed in the Blitz to a 19th century trend for “Ruin Lust”.
Under The Skin combines trippy effects, ordinary non-actors and an out of place superstar to make rare and powerful cinema, says Sally Campbell
The controversial Slovenian giants of industrial metal have taken a more dancy direction in this latest album. The cement-mixing voice of Milan Fras is now accompanied by Mina Spiler.
This adaptation of the 1996 film is a must-see in this 30th anniversary year of the Great Miners’ Strike.
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Long-running hospital TV dramas are flatlining. But the new crop of documentary rivals are misdiagnosing part of the story, says Yuri Prasad
Raymond Williams, who died in 1988, was a leading left-wing cultural critic whose work explored the connections between art, politics and society.
A Hard Rain is an intimate and moving depiction of the experience of LGBT people in the run up to the Stonewall riots.
John Steinbeck’s powerful drama of the Great Depression, gets a wonderful staging in this production.
Old Tories feign affection for their Spitting Image puppet selves. The show’s 30th anniversary exhibition reminds us they are lying, says Annette Mackin
