Reviews

Brian Cox and Leonard Rossiter are the TV executives broadcasting Sportsex and Artsex to keep the masses lulled into passivity in Nigel Kneale's 1968 dystopian TV play. It's creaky and dated, with the production values of Dr Who, and not in the least bit erotic—but it's also prophetic (of reality TV) and strangely compelling.

Hip hop heavyweight turns stand-up beat poet

Satisfactory comeback album from '80s hit-makers

A best-of from the prankster rapper, with every track reinvented and re-recorded

Mode mainmen square up in solo showdown

In most cultures, seven is a magic number. Not in rock'n'roll, where to sustain any degree of originality beyond album three or four is about as rare as a sober Shane MacGowan.

Classic youth cult soundtracks to ITV's Sounds Of Underground London series

Reissue of four classic albums coincides with founder member Bargeld's decision to quit Nick Cave's Bad Seeds

Bluegrass anthology compiled by Grammy-winner Colin Escott, the brains behind BBC2's history of country music, The Lost Highway

Fantasy mayhem from prolific Japanese director