If we are to believe Tolstoy, happy families are all alike, while every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. This is certainly true of the families we spend our time watching on television - if you're unconvinced, try tuning into EastEnders once in a while. It seems that...

I can't speak for teens today, but in the early Noughties I can remember feeling quite under-represented in the fiction available in my school library and on the shelves of my local bookshops. Where were the stories featuring gay characters? Was I the only one who wanted to read about...

Torchwood has had its ups and downs from the very beginning. In its first two years, it struggled to shrug off the teatime adventure reputation of its progenitor Doctor Who by giving its viewers what it thought they wanted: sex and violence in equal measure. People who stuck with Captain...