Title: The Twilight Zone “Person or Persons Unknown” Writer: Charles Beaumont Director: John Brahm Network: CBS Original Airdate: 23 March 1962 Time to Change, the UK-based campaign to end mental health discrimination, this month published […]
Title: Millennium “The Pest House” Writers: Glen Morgan & James Wong Director: Alan Coulter Network: Fox Original Airdate: 27 February 1998 For Halloween, and as something of a companion piece to my previous post on the Perception episode “Asylum“, I wanted […]
Title: Perception “Asylum” Writers: Kenneth Biller & Mike Sussman Director: Alan Poul Network: TNT Original Airdate: 9 July 2012 Today is World Mental Health Day. Since 1992, this day has been utilised by the World Federation for Mental […]
Title: Homeland “The Vest” Writers: Meredith Stiehm and Chip Johannessen Director: Clark Johnson Network: Showtime (USA) Original Airdate: 11 December 2011 Homeland (2011- ) returns to Showtime for its fourth season premiere tonight, and to UK screens via Channel […]
Title: The X-Files “Elegy” Writers: John Shiban Director: James Charleston Network: Fox Original Airdate: 4 May 1997 It was inevitable that this blog would, sooner or later, embrace The X-Files (1993-2002). It is amongst my strongest creative influences, the […]
Title: Waking the Dead “Anger Management” Writers: John Milne & Andy Hay Director: Andy Hay Network: BBC Original Airdate: 1 & 2 August 2004 Waking the Dead (2001-11) was a BBC One police procedural drama series featuring the harrowing […]
Title: Whitechapel Series 2 Part 2 Writers: Ben Court & Caroline Ip Director: David Evans Network: ITV Original Airdate: 11 October 2010 Whitechapel (2009-13) is a series that chimes with some of my key interests, comprising as it does […]
Title: Nashville “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad” Writers: Meredith Lavender & Marcie Ulin Director: Mario Van Peebles Network: ABC Original Airdate: 30 April 2014 I often describe Nashville (2012- ) as a guilty pleasure. Created by Callie Khouri, […]
Title: Perception “Pilot” Writers: Kenneth Biller & Mike Sussman Director: Alan Poul Network: TNT Original Airdate: 9 July 2012 On the basis of its first instalment, Perception (2012 – ) fits with a trend of television series to primarily portray mental […]
Title: Millennium “Walkabout” Writers: Chip Johannessen & Tim Tankosic Director: Cliff Bole Network: Fox Original Airdate: 28 March 1997 Millennium (1996-99) was a shoo-in to feature in this blog, given my enduring love and admiration for the series, its […]
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