Author: benassigiulio0@gmail.com
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Immigration: How British Politics Failed
BBC2 2×60’ 9pm (2025) “The first instalment fields Tony Blair, Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman, David Cameron and Michael Howard … there’s no safe place to rest your eyes, ears or brain”The Guardian Sunday Times Critic’s Choice
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Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale (Season 1)
AMC 7×60 (2024) Biggest series debut ever on AMC+ and Sundance Now, currently streaming on AMC in the US and globally
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Britain’s Housing Crisis: What Went Wrong
BBC2 2×60’ 9pm (2023) “This rage-fuelled chronicle of mismanagement, corruption and greed … will leave you incredulous. It is fine, anger-powered work”The Guardian Sunday Times Critic’s Choice
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Billion Dollar Downfall: The Dealmaker
BBC2 1×60’ 9pm (2023) “A titillating glimpse into a world we normally only see in fictional shows like Succession”The Spectator
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Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat?
Avalon / C4 2×60’ 9pm (2022) “Absorbing and provocative … gripping but never preachy”iNews
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The Sanctuary universe began in 2019 with Sanctuary, and continues in 2024 with Bittershore, and further books to follow
Set in an alternate modern America where witchcraft is real, a witch mother and her daughter discover who their friends are and how tolerant society really is, when tragedy strikes their small town and accusations fly. Sanctuary was a Sunday Time top 10 bestseller, and in 2024 debuted as a major streaming series for AMC…
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The Dark Gifts Trilogy – Gilded Cage, Tarnished City and Bright Ruin
Set in alternative contemporary Britain controlled by a magically-gifted elite. Two families, one all-powerful, the other in servitude – battle for the soul of England and the existence of magic itself. Gilded Cage was a 2018 World Book Night Pick and a Radio 2 Book Club selection. It was shortlisted for the Compton Crook Award…
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The Decade The Rich Won
BBC Current Affairs / BBC2 2×60’ 9pm (2020-21) “Lethal”iNews “Punchy”Telegraph “A manifesto for anti-capitalist tub-thumping”Daily Mail
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This World: Vaccine Wars
BBC Current Affairs / BBC2, 1×60’ 9pm (2018-19) “Victoria James’s excellent film … was as important as it was troubling”Telegraph