Richard Luck
05 February 2022
Ski Sunday: The show that sent Britain downhill fast
With Briton Dave Ryding going for gold in Beijing, now's the perfect time to celebrate the 44 years of a BBC institution
Read the full article13 January 2022
How Dougal and the Blue Cat became a glorious advert for pan-European eccentricity
Fifty years on from the flop film version that became a cult classic, taking another ride along with the psychedelic French-British TV sensation for kids
Read the full article25 November 2021
Was a CIA operative the vital piece in the Kennedy puzzle?
He was a Russian nobleman. He was a secret agent. And his best friend was Lee Harvey Oswald. Meet George de Mohrenschildt.
Read the full article18 November 2021
The story behind Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci film
The 1995 killing of style tycoon Maurizio Gucci is such a captivating tale it’s astonishing that it has taken so long to get to the big screen.
Read the full article23 September 2021
The death of a soprano
As The Many Saints Of Newark revisits the world of The Sopranos, RICHARD LUCK remembers the day the screen’s favourite mobster prematurely cut to black…
Read the full article23 September 2021
When the Ryder Cup came close to missing the cut
Great Britain performed a reverse Brexit when they joined up with Europe to be competitive against the USA in golf’s biennial team event. But for a while, it seemed even that would not work and the Ryder Cup was doomed, writes RICHARD LUCK
Read the full article10 August 2021
Moviedrome: How Alex Cox made the BBC cult film series
It was the show that began RICHARD LUCK’s love of cinema. Now he talks with host Alex Cox about BBC2’s Sunday night cult film strand Moviedrome
Read the full article19 July 2021
Julien Baptiste – Centre stage at last
Tchéky Karyo’s fame reaches a whole new level appearing as Baptiste
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29 November 2020
Jane Birkin’s underrated acting career deserves a reappraisal
30 October 2020
Bamboozled: A look at Spike Lee’s most powerful piece of film making
23 September 2020
When Margaret Thatcher tried to reboot the British film industry
24 April 2020
Fossil Fuelled: The forgotten dinosaur discovery which transformed science
19 April 2020
How a film about the Iranian Embassy siege was spoiled by Britsploitation
28 February 2020
Why Color Out Of Space is a brilliant film created by three oddballs
