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Cult British Science Fiction of the 1970s and 1980s

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1970s British TV Dramas That Still Hold Up
1970s British TV Dramas That Still Hold Up
by tv_binger  • 
4 in common: Survivors, Blake's 7 and 2 more
British television drama in the 1970s was often made quickly and cheaply, much of it on videotape in the studio, and the best of it still lands because the writing and acting carry everything...
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1990s British Crime Dramas That Raised the Bar
1990s British Crime Dramas That Raised the Bar
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A murder investigation can tell you a lot about the people allowed to run it. These British series debuted in the 1990s and found drama in everything from a police complaint to a pathologist's...
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1960s Spy and Adventure Series With Style to Spare
1960s Spy and Adventure Series With Style to Spare
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A tailor shop can hide a spy headquarters, a seaside village can be a prison, and a railway car can carry two secret agents through the Old West. These shows began in the 1960s and make espionage...
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1990s Teen Dramas Worth Revisiting
1990s Teen Dramas Worth Revisiting
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These dramas started in the 1990s and let high school friendships, family upheaval, and first love carry the story. Start with My So-Called Life if you want to hear how uncertainty sounds in a...
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Funny Science Fiction With Ideas Behind the Jokes
Funny Science Fiction With Ideas Behind the Jokes
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
The best comic futures have rules, even when those rules are appalling. These books make joke and invention work together: copyright can bankrupt a universe in Year Zero, obsolete heroes need new...
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Science Fiction Series That Change Scale as They Go
Science Fiction Series That Change Scale as They Go
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An investigation, a ship's job or a settlement can turn out to be part of a much larger story. These series make that change of scale worth following: early details acquire new significance...
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1980s British Drama Serials That Still Feel Bold
1980s British Drama Serials That Still Feel Bold
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A hospital ward slips into a detective story, a murder inquiry opens onto Britain's nuclear establishment, and an aging rock band takes its troubles on the road. These are self-contained British...
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Overlooked Science Fiction From the 2010s
Overlooked Science Fiction From the 2010s
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These discoveries put an interesting system under pressure: parallel-world bureaucracy, corporate citizenship, borrowed bodies and crews making do with inadequate equipment. All began during the...
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Sci-Fi TV Series That Prioritise Philosophical Ideas Over Spectacle
Sci-Fi TV Series That Prioritise Philosophical Ideas Over Spectacle
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These are the science-fiction series to pick when you want the premise to keep you up thinking rather than to dazzle you with space battles. Each one takes a single idea, a split mind, a knowable...
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Science Fiction From the 2020s Beyond the Big Franchises
Science Fiction From the 2020s Beyond the Big Franchises
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A new speculative world can begin with a strange ecosystem, a family recognising the wrong version of home or an employee trying to avoid the people it has to protect. These series began in the...
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Science Fiction in Translation That Expands the Genre
Science Fiction in Translation That Expands the Genre
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Science fiction changes when its histories, narrative habits and routes into English change. These books move from spacefaring adventures and time travel to climate crime, political satire...
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Science Fiction With Older Women at the Centre
Science Fiction With Older Women at the Centre
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These women have histories, jobs, loyalties and things they still want. Their stories make room for the judgement that comes with experience, including the times it fails. The range runs from...
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Science Fiction for Readers Who Usually Prefer Realism
Science Fiction for Readers Who Usually Prefer Realism
by book_guy  • 
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If you usually choose novels for their people, social observation or moral tensions, these books offer several ways into science fiction. Start with Never Let Me Go for an intimate voice, Station...
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Science Series for Curious Adults Who Left School Years Ago
Science Series for Curious Adults Who Left School Years Ago
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No remembered exam syllabus is needed for these series. The aim is the pleasure of seeing an idea become understandable through an experiment, an object or a carefully explained connection. The...
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Pre-2000 TV That Still Feels Sharp Today
Pre-2000 TV That Still Feels Sharp Today
by tv_binger  • 
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Older television should offer a good evening before it asks for respect. These British, American and European choices have vivid people, clever construction or social observation that still lands...
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Baking and Cooking Competitions With a Generous Spirit
Baking and Cooking Competitions With a Generous Spirit
by tv_binger  • 
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There can be a real contest without anyone needing to become the villain. These shows make room for skill, feedback and people who understand what a difficult day at the bench feels like. Start...
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