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5 Cult TV Shows You Need to Check Out (Part 1)

Have you ever binge-watched a TV show and then felt hollow and empty afterwards? Don’t worry, it happens to us all. We’ve seen at least one poor post-Breaking Bad victim wandering around shouting ”˜we need to COOK!’ at passers-by. So how do we counter this strange new emotion that quality …

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16/06/2014
Chris Smith
Breaking Bad

6 alternatives to watching football

The next month is going to be hell for non-football fans. With wall-to-wall football coverage until July, there is going to be no escape from the ”˜beautiful’ game. Or is there? Here are some things you can do while the rest of the country wastes their time with football… Declutter …

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12/06/2014
Chris Smith
Riggs and Murtaugh

musicMagpie’s greatest cop duos of all time

It’s no secret that we’re fans of bleak US crime drama True Detective, especially the main cop duo Rust and Marty. It came out on DVD last week, if you missed it (sell us a Blu-Ray copy if you’ve watched it already). Odd couple Marty and Rust have been catapulted into …

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09/06/2014
Chris Smith
True Detective

If you liked True Detective, you’ll love…

Ever since True Detective left our screens, we’ve been longing for a quality TV drama with enough weirdness to keep things interesting. Well, we’re sorry to say there hasn’t been one yet (although the TD DVD is out now). But we have unearthed some classics that any fan of True …

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09/06/2014
Chris Smith