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Notes On True Detective: Night Country By Eugene Thacker & Tariq Goddard

The pessimistic philosophical text In The Dust Of This Planet was an influence on Season 1 of True Detective; its author and publisher settle in for the long dark night of Season 4. Contains some light spoilers for early episodes of Night Country

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Trumpidation: Reviewing The US Election TV Coverage

Brit Sean Kitching and American StarLynn Jacobs’ marriage has to date spanned the four-years of Donald Trump’s chaotic presidency - they sat up through the night to review the television coverage. Words: Sean Kitching and StarLynn Jacobs

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H.P. Source? Lovecraft Country Reviewed

Misha Green’s thrilling adaptation of Matt Ruff’s 2016 novel, Lovecraft Country could hardly have arrived at a more apposite moment, finds Sean Kitching. *Contains mild spoilers*

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Intriguing Television: The Plot Against America Reviewed

HBO's Philip Roth adaptation for the small screen is timely and accomplished finds Sean Kitching. Contains mild spoilers

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As Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone begins a second season, lifelong Twilight Zone fan Sean Kitching considers the history of rebooting the series and asks if this new version does justice to the original, whilst successfully updating its approach for a contemporary audience. Contains mild spoilers

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When The Pan-Dimensional Shit Hits The Telekinetic Fan: Stranger Things 2

Can Netflix and The Duffer Brothers make good on the promise of last year's surprise word-of-mouth hit, asks John Tatlock. **Contains very mild spoilers**

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Game Of Thrones Season 7 – Falling At The Final Hurdle?

Game of Thrones returns, with all of its grandeur intact, but its grace increasingly absent. ***Contains mild spoilers***

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Box Fresh: A 2017 General Election Special

We forced our TV critic in residence John Tatlock to live-tweet last night's General Election, in this special edition of Box Fresh he reports back from the most extraordinary of nights in.

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House Of Cards Season 5 Reviewed By John Tatlock

House Of Cards Season 5, presents an oddly comforting vision of a White House with no bigger problems than a complete lack of morality, says John Tatlock. CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS

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Twin Peaks Season Three: A Spoiler-Free Review By John Tatlock

John Tatlock prepares himself some damn fine coffee and stays up all night to bring us the first review: The alpha programme of modern TV returns, but you'll find no cosy nostalgia here, he says

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Doctor Who Season Ten: The Pilot, Reviewed By John Tatlock

Doctor Who shakes off the ponderous bloat of recent years, and emerges lean, sharp and strange, says John Tatlock

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Iron Fist Is A Leaden Five Knuckle Shuffle, By John Tatlock

After some spectacular highs, the Netflix's Marvel Universe shows have painted themselves into a dull narrative corner, says John Tatlock. ****Contains spoilers****

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Ryan Murphy’s Feud & BBC’s The Replacement Reviewed By John Tatlock

Two shows about two women not getting along with each other, one of which is cleverer than it looks. ***Contains mild spoilers***

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The BBC’s SS-GB: The Downton Abbification of Nazism

John Tatlock reports on a bizarrely genteel imagining of conquest by a murderous totalitarian enemy, in which everyone has an excellent haircut

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Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) Reviewed By John Tatlock

Against all the odds, tonight's HBO documentary on the Paris Bataclan terror attack is a joyous and life-affirming thing, says John Tatlock. *Contains mild spoilers*

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HBO’s Beware The Slenderman: A Very Modern Tragedy

This unsettling documentary about child-on-child violence is difficult to watch, but an important and powerful piece of work, says John Tatlock ****Contains mild spoilers****

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Sherlock And The Adventure Of The Declining Standards

Season Four of Sherlock is a relentless fan disservice that holds its audience in contempt, says John Tatlock. WARNING: enormous spoilers throughout

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Incorporated – The Future Of Disaster Capitalism

SyFy's new show has flaws, but is more boldly political than its genre peers, writes John Tatlock. *May contain mild spoilers*

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Andrew Marr interviews Marine Le Pen, American Horror Story & Mars

Our new TV columnist John Tatlock writes about non-fiction, fiction, fiction pretending to be non-fiction, and the front-person of a horrible faction. ****May Contain Slight Spoilers****

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Westworld, The Walking Dead & The Exorcist: TV’s Unholy Trinity

Cliffhangers and guessing games may be a necessary evil of episodic TV, but they aren't the same thing as narratives, says John Tatlock, tQ's new TV correspondent. *****Contains some mild spoilers*****

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No More Heroes: How TV Series Utopia Is Right For Now

With its unique mix of black humour and existential paralysis, is Utopia emblematic of the times we live in, asks Phil Harrison. Contains mild spoilers

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Watching The Detectives: Rust Cohle & Marty Hart, An Appreciation

Stephen Grasso compares True Detective to that other generational work of US TV brilliance, Twin Peaks and talks about the identity of the King in Yellow. And hey, guess what? Massive, massive spoilers...

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An Alternative Visual Poem: In Praise Of Southcliffe

Brilliant new Channel 4 series Southcliffe is a rare television programme that succeeds in capturing contemporary malaise. Austin Collings writes in praise of a challenging drama

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Quietus Writers Choose Their Best TV Of 2012

Adey Lobb has polled the Quietus TV writters to find out what our favourite shows of last year were. Thanks to April Welsh, Austin Collings, Julian Marszalek, Joe Clay, Terry Staunton, Neil Kulkarni and Alex Niven

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Spooked! Jude Rogers On BBC Ghost Stories For Christmas

Jude Rogers peers out from under her blanket to pen some words on the BBC's spine-chilling horror dramas, recently reissued in a BFI DVD box set

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Get In The Ring! Andrew Stimpson Goes Wrestling With VICE

Andrew Stimpson gives us a potted history of pro-wrestling after watching Vice's new documentary The British Wrestler. Pictures courtesy of Jake Lewis

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Room At The Top: Maxine Peake Interviewed

Adey Lobb talks to Maxine Peake about steering clear of the mainstream and her album with the Eccentronic Research Council about the Pendle Witch Trial

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Médico Quién? Doctor Who Is Fast On The Draw In Spain

The intrepid Adrian Lobb travels to Spain to visit the set of tonight's Doctor Who and to speak to Matt Smith. Here is his report...

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We Happy Few: On The Set Of BBC2’s Henry V

Adey Lobb joins actor Tom Hiddleston at the Battle of Agincourt as he films BBC2’s The Hollow Crown: Henry V

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Means & Ends: A Homeland Half-Term Report

Political conspiracy potboiler _Homeland_ is supposedly Barack Obama’s favourite TV show. Midway through its UK run, Simon Garner examines why it’s got the presidential seal of approval

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Forget The Knitwear: Borgen Is Dressed To Impress

Danish political drama Borgen is The Killing for grown-ups, claims a box set-phobic Stephen Dalton

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EastEnders: The Death Of Pat, And The Decline Of The Soap Matriarch

The elder stateswomen of serial drama are an endangered species, says Terry Staunton

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That Was The Year That Was: The Best TV Of 2011

The Quietus' telly correspondents put together a list of the best programmes from the year just gone

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Notes On True Detective: Night Country By Eugene Thacker & Tariq Goddard

Trumpidation: Reviewing The US Election TV Coverage

H.P. Source? Lovecraft Country Reviewed

Intriguing Television: The Plot Against America Reviewed

You Might Also Like: Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone S2 Reviewed

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Game Of Thrones Season 7 – Falling At The Final Hurdle?

Box Fresh: A 2017 General Election Special

House Of Cards Season 5 Reviewed By John Tatlock

Twin Peaks Season Three: A Spoiler-Free Review By John Tatlock

Doctor Who Season Ten: The Pilot, Reviewed By John Tatlock

Iron Fist Is A Leaden Five Knuckle Shuffle, By John Tatlock

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The BBC’s SS-GB: The Downton Abbification of Nazism

Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) Reviewed By John Tatlock

HBO’s Beware The Slenderman: A Very Modern Tragedy

Sherlock And The Adventure Of The Declining Standards

Incorporated – The Future Of Disaster Capitalism

Andrew Marr interviews Marine Le Pen, American Horror Story & Mars

Westworld, The Walking Dead & The Exorcist: TV’s Unholy Trinity

No More Heroes: How TV Series Utopia Is Right For Now

Watching The Detectives: Rust Cohle & Marty Hart, An Appreciation

An Alternative Visual Poem: In Praise Of Southcliffe

Quietus Writers Choose Their Best TV Of 2012

Spooked! Jude Rogers On BBC Ghost Stories For Christmas

Get In The Ring! Andrew Stimpson Goes Wrestling With VICE

Room At The Top: Maxine Peake Interviewed

Médico Quién? Doctor Who Is Fast On The Draw In Spain

We Happy Few: On The Set Of BBC2’s Henry V

Means & Ends: A Homeland Half-Term Report

Forget The Knitwear: Borgen Is Dressed To Impress

EastEnders: The Death Of Pat, And The Decline Of The Soap Matriarch

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