Michael Idato

Michael Idato is a Senior Writer based in Los Angeles for The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Junked in an archive cull in the 1960s, The Power of the Daleks is the blueprint for the next iteration of the Doctor Who franchise.

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To generations of his fans, actor Joseph Mascolo was the soap opera super villain who could not die.

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New Swedish crime thriller sets a new high watermark for TV drama.

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