The Reluctant Auteur: The Unmaking of a Television Original
In a follow-up to his polemic on the BBC licence fee, former television director Paul…
Author Paul Joyce
The Dinosaur Tax: Time to Put the Licence Fee Out of Its Misery?
Once the lifeblood of British broadcasting, the BBC licence fee now looks increasingly regressive, resented,…
Riot Women
Okay, indulge me for a few moments; name six great series from the recent past…
Notes from the Sofa: The Nu Who
With the latest series of Doctor Who on our screens, the Arb’s on screen critic -…
Zero Day and the De Niro Conundrum
Netflix’s new political thriller covers the aftermath of a catastrophic one-minute cyber-attack on the US…
The Arb’s Oscar Predictions 2025
Our man for all things ‘on screen’, Paul Joyce, takes a look at this year’s…
The Tragedy Without an End: Lockerbie
As January seems to be the prime time for event drama on the small screen, the Arb’s…
An Armchair Christmas: The Entertainment Round-Up
Former TV director and the Arb’s ‘on screen’ critic, Paul Joyce, offers an appraisal of…
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
As Wolf Hall continues to hold court on Sunday nights, director, photographer and Arb screen…
The Day of the Jackal
The Arb’s screen critic, former TV director and photographer, Paul Joyce, takes aim at the…
The 2024 European Song Contest: A Verdict
Our outspoken ‘on screen’ critic Paul Joyce comes up with another polemic to split opinion, this…
Clarkson’s Farm
What is the link between all these foodstuffs: black pudding; spam; mushy peas; liquorice; cabbage;…