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A Woman of Substance: Channel 4’s lavish remake revives the pleasures – and contradictions – of the bonkbuster

A Woman of Substance: Channel 4’s lavish remake revives the pleasures – and contradictions – of the bonkbuster

The eight-part remake attempts to revive the glossy melodrama of the 1980s bonkbuster while reframing its heroine for a contemporary audience.

13.03.2026 10

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Beth Johnson

With Riot Women, Sally Wainwright is turning menopause into punk rebellion

Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama Riot Women opens not with music, but with the sound of ice clinking in a glass and tonic fizzing as it’s poured...

13.10.2025 10

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The Assassin: Keeley Hawes drama is a milestone for menopause on screen

Keeley Hawes’s character becomes lethal not in spite of midlife – but because of it.

30.07.2025 10

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Beth Johnson