Sunday, June 7Sunday, June 7A clever twist in a hit horror film makes its BBC One debut tonight, offering viewers a night of suspense and surprise. *24 Hours of Horror*, a critically acclaimed film praised for its unexpected narrative turns, airs at 9pm on BBC One, promising to keep audiences on the edge of their seats. The movie, which has drawn comparisons to modern psychological thrillers, is described by critics as a "masterpiece" that leaves viewers "grossed out" yet thoroughly engaged.
The film’s arrival on BBC One coincides with a broader cultural moment in British television, where nostalgia and escapism are increasingly sought after. Writing in *The Guardian*, associate editor Jess Cartner-Morley reflects on the second series of *Rivals*, Jilly Cooper’s adaptation set in the fictional Rutshire, as a tonic in an era of bleak prestige drama. "Life in Rutshire has gifted us television as it used to be: a naughty, indulgent treat," she writes, contrasting the show’s lighthearted, hedonistic 1980s setting with the stress of modern series like *The Bear* or *Baby Reindeer*.
For fans of Cooper, the late author’s legacy continues to resonate. Her unexpected death last year cut short a late-life renaissance, yet the television adaptation of *Rivals* has reaffirmed her place as a chronicler of wit and warmth. The second series, now reaching its climax, follows a group of hard-drinking 1980s television executives navigating professional rivalries and personal dramas against the backdrop of Cotswold lanes and sticky pub carpets. Cartner-Morley’s piece underscores how Cooper’s world—where divisions dissolve "in a cloud of sex"—offers a rare escape from the "brutal divisions" of modern Britain.
Tonight’s horror premiere arrives as part of a broader trend: audiences are turning to genre films and nostalgic series to counterbalance the intensity of contemporary storytelling. The BBC’s decision to air *24 Hours of Horror* reflects an understanding of this appetite, positioning the film not just as entertainment but as a cultural counterpoint to the weightier fare dominating screens. Whether it will achieve the same cult status as Cooper’s literary world remains to be seen, but for one night at least, it promises to deliver exactly what its title suggests: 24 hours of edge-of-the-seat suspense.
The best recent poetry – review roundup Haunting the Black Air by Anthony Joseph; Selected Poems by Leontia Flynn; Sparrow on the Rooftop by Rachel Long; You Must Live: New Poetry from Palestine, edited by Jorie Graham; Melete by Jennifer Lee Tsai; Somebody Should Have Pressed Record by Galia AdmoniHaunting the Black Air by Anthony Joseph (Bloomsbury, £12.99) Josephs follow-up to the TS Eliot prize-winning Sonnets for Albert sees his poetic approach become more radical. He pays homage to avant garde writers such as Will Alexander and Nathaniel Mackey, while exploring Nostalgia, mostly grief, / a haunting sound – / the frequency of some / magnetic feeling. That makes for challenging syntax on first reading the poems. Persist, and Josephs unabashed lyricism shines through, finding beauty on dancefloors, city streets and in Trinidadian landscapes: the way music fills the room, how we embrace until / we become flare bright, light as the white refraction / of the sun upon the summit of hills.Selected Poems by Leontia Flynn (Carcanet, £14.99) She was a Next Generation poet and Forward prize winner; its a shock to remember that Flynn has been publishing for more than 20 years, so fresh do her poems remain. This assembly is a glorious reintroduction to her mordant wit, imaginative image-making and unerring ability to puncture pretension. Letter to Friends from 2011 is a brilliant, Auden-esque dissection of the early 21st century, worth a library of political analyses: daily threats brought to our Way of Life / by man-made imminent apocalypse / though neither really outweighs private grief. There are pleasures on every page. Continue reading...
theguardian · 1 day ago
Rivals Rutshire – a place where modern Britains brutal divisions disappear in a cloud of sex | Jess Cartner-Morley As the second series of the Jilly Cooper adaptation climaxes, we can be thankful that quality TV doesnt always have to be bleak and stressfulFor Jilly Cooper devotees – a motley band that unites me with Queen Camilla and Joanna Lumley, Ian Rankin and ex-footballer Tony Adams – it has been the best of times, and the worst of times. (No apologies for the clunky Tale of Two Cities misquote. Jilly was fond of gleefully shoehorning in the odd bit of Dickens, or Shakespeare, or Wordsworth.) The best of times, because the television adaptation of Rivals has shown the world what some of us knew all along, which is that Coopers stories are life-affirming and wise and hysterically funny; but the worst of times, when Coopers unexpected death last year cut short the late-life renaissance in which she was quite rightly revelling.The first half of a blissful second season of Rivals comes to a climax this week (puns always intended). Six heavenly hours on the sofa, following the professional rivalries and personal dramas of a hard-drinking bunch of 1980s telly executives as they bomb along Cotswold lanes blowing Silk Cut smoke through the open windows of their Austin Metros, or pogo to Nenas 99 Red Balloons on sticky pub carpet while knocking back tequila shots. Rivals has reminded us that good television can be fun. A golden age of television has given us some modern masterpieces, but the payoff for artistic quality has been that prestige viewing has become, for the most part, pretty bleak. Adolescence was utterly harrowing. Baby Reindeer was a pretty tough watch. Even The Bear and The Pitt are kind of stressful. Life in Rutshire has gifted us television as it used to be: a naughty, indulgent treat.Jess Cartner-Morley is associate editor (fashion) at the Guardian Continue reading...
theguardian · 1 day ago
Digested week: hen party at the Rocky Horror Show ruffles a few feathers | Emma Brockes Plus, Anne Hathaway shoots from the hip for Arsenal and Rosamund Pike calls out theatregoer for texting during showThe first day of Pride month and friends in New York report a textbook encounter between one of the straightest forces in this world – hen night energy – and one of the gayest, the Rocky Horror Show, currently in revival on Broadway, where for the past three months, Tony-nominated Luke Evans has been knocking it out of the park as Frank-N-Furter. Continue reading...
theguardian · 1 day ago
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aftenposten · 1 day ago
Masterpiece horror that leaves viewers grossed out is on BBC One
gdeltproject.org · 1 day ago
Hit horror film with clever twist makes its BBC One debut tonight
gdeltproject.org · 1 day ago
Snork, vi skal til VM! Netflix-serien «Norges vei tilbake» er så søvndyssende at den til nød kunne fungert som et digitalt vedlegg til NFFs…
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helsingin sanomat · 2 days ago
Hit horror film with clever twist makes its BBC One debut tonight
gdeltproject.org · 2 days ago