'Utopia' (or why graphic novels are the Best Thing Ever)

 You've seen the posters. You've watched the trailers. You've set the reminders on your iPhone. Perhaps, like me, you've even been dreaming about it. 

Either way, on Tuesday 15 January the new conspiracy thriller from Kudos and Channel 4 hits UK screens, as new series Utopia prepares to introduce us to a world where shady criminal organisations and geeky comic book fans clash. 

At the centre of C4's new supernatural show is a graphic novel called 'The Utopia Experiments', and a mysterious company called The Network who will do anything to get hold of it. Rumour has it that the book depicts world events before they happen. Imagine that Nostradamus and Mark Millar got together and started scribbling - 'The Utopia Experiments' would be the result. 

If you haven't yet caught the trailers, check them out here - then forward the link on to every person you have ever met.

'Being Human' Series 5 returns in early 2013

As a general rule, the month of January sucks. It's associated with such great evils as post-Xmas poverty, failed New Year resolutions and terrible weather. 

What great news then, that the BBC have found the perfect remedy for such bleakness, with an offering of 6 new episodes of supernatural mayhem. 

Featuring the new line-up of vampire Hal, werewolf Tom and ghost Alex, Being Human's fifth season will continue to embrace its winning formula of domestic trials wed with occult phenomena, something it has done with great success in the past. 

While last series did a good job of introducing the new line-up (ghost Annie, who departed at the end of the fourth series, was the last remaining original character) I'm hoping that this series reaches the extraordinary dramatic heights of Year Three and steers the BH mythology in new, exciting directions.

Word is that we'll be back with the supernatural trio before January's end, so stay tuned for further posts and reviews once more announcements are made. 

In the meantime, there's a teeny weeny preview, courtesy of BBC Three, which you can watch here.