Battlestar Galactica

Dean Stockwell, Quantum Leap and Blue Velvet actor, dies aged 85

Versatile actor had worked in Hollywood since childhood, and was Oscar nominated for his role in 1988 comedy Married to the Mob

Andrew Pulver

09, Nov, 2021 @11:02 AM

Battlestar Galactica: one of television’s greatest space operas that’s anything but goofy

In the midst of a war between humans and robots, an old warship is enlisted to lead the remains of the human race to safety

Luke McCarthy

22, Jun, 2021 @5:30 PM

‘Grange Hill was bigger than Love Island’: the rise of nostalgia TV

From The Sopranos to The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, archive content has never been more popular. What do our choices say about the nation’s psyche?

Toby Moses

06, Mar, 2021 @12:00 PM

Battlestar Galactica: all hail a cult classic of 21st-century TV

Humanity is fighting an invisible enemy, with no end in sight … the epic battle between humans and Cylons, now back on our screens, still holds up as prescient, brilliant television

Graeme Virtue

04, Sep, 2020 @11:00 AM

Picnic at Hanging Rock: ‘A beguiling story that just won’t die’

Joan Lindsay’s mystery novel is an eerie and unsettling tale that chimes with modern Nordic noir, but it is set on the other side of the world in repressed Victorian-era Australia

James Donaghy

10, Jul, 2018 @5:00 AM

When good TV goes bad: how Battlestar Galactica became a holy mess

It was season three, when its quasi-religious leanings went into overdrive, that did for the 21st-century version of the cult sci-fi drama

Ben Child

29, Apr, 2017 @12:00 PM

Katee Sackhoff: ‘Most women in my family marry and have children. I was different’

The Battlestar Galactica actor talks about not knowing she had a sister until she was 10, and how her mum still visits her on set

Interview by Donna Ferguson

31, Mar, 2017 @11:59 AM

Richard Hatch, Battlestar Galactica's original Captain Apollo, dies at 71

Son announces death from pancreatic cancer of actor who starred in TV science fiction classic as well as its 21st century reboot

Staff and agencies

08, Feb, 2017 @7:27 AM

Mad Men to Seinfeld – TV's most criminally overrated shows

Mad Men? Pretentious time-suck soap. Friends? Six haircuts and no laughs. This Is England? Am-dram. Seinfeld? Thinner than bubblegum. Guardian writers debunk sacred cows of the small screen

Guardian staff

26, Jul, 2016 @1:21 PM

Bryan Cranston to star in Philip K Dick Channel 4 sci-fi TV series

Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K Dick episodes will be standalone dramas based on works by celebrated author

John Plunkett

10, May, 2016 @10:05 AM

Star Wars, beware! Battlestar Galactica is back

Universal plans latest attempt at a big-screen revival for the sci-fi saga in response to Disney’s box-office success with The Force Awakens