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2018

Jan

SILLY HATS, FINICKY SHOW PONIES, AND READING THE QUEEN’S PRIVATE DIARIES: JENNA COLEMAN ON PLAYING ‘VICTORIA’ By Alex Strachan

It’s good to be the Queen. At least it was, if only for a fleeting moment...

2018

Jan

THROUGH THE BRAZILIAN WILDERNESS: TWEED ROOSEVELT’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE By Alex Strachan

In 1914, former President of the United States, avid outdoorsman, and lifelong adventurer Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and the legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon undertook an epic expedition into the heart of the Amazon jungle...

2017

Dec

THE YEAR IN TV: IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE W— ACTUALLY, THE BEST OF TIMES. FOR THE MOST PART By Alex Strachan

It was a year in which Netflix, Amazon, and FX weathered in-house scandals few could have anticipated a year ago today, let alone predicted, and yet it was a very good year for TV...

2017

Dec

'BIG CAT WEEK' RETURNS WITH THE DEFIANT ROAR OF "JAGUAR VS. CROC" By Alex Strachan

When you first hear the words “Big Cat Week,” it’s easy to make the association with Shark Week...

2017

Nov

'YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK HARD FOR THE BEAUTY': SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH ON FILMING 'BLUE PLANET II' By Alex Strachan

Blue Planet II won’t bow in the U.S. until spring, 2018. BBC America won’t be more specific than that, at least for the time being. Even so, the David Attenborough-narrated follow-up to 2001’s The Blue Planet is already making waves, if you will...

2017

Nov

IN ‘I AM ELIZABETH SMART,’ A KIDNAPPING SURVIVOR SHARES HER PRIVATE GUIDE FOR OVERCOMING A LIFE-CHANGING ORDEAL By Alex Strachan

There’s a serenity to Elizabeth Smart in person that seems at odds with her experience...

2017

Nov

'DANCES WITH CHEETAHS': WILDLIFE FILMMAKER KIM WOLHUTER FILMS CHEETAH FAMILY ON FOOT FOR PBS NATURE SPECIAL By Alex Strachan

If there’s one thing lifelong conservationist and wildlife filmmaker Kim Wolhuter hopes viewers will take away from Wednesday’s PBS Nature special The Cheetah Children, it’ll be a sense of wonder for what remains of the natural world...

2017

Oct

PUTIN UNPLUGGED: PBS' 'FRONTLINE' TELLS A STORY WORTHY OF JOHN LE CARRÉ IN A TWO-PART 'PUTIN'S REVENGE' By Alex Strachan

I knew a number of things about Vladimir Putin before I sat down to PBS’ Frontline’s two-part program Putin’s Revenge, which premieres Wednesday...

2017

Oct

WHAT DIVIDES US ALSO UNITES US: MORGAN FREEMAN ON 'THE STORY OF US' By Alex Strachan

Are there are any common traits that link human cultures and beliefs around the world?...

2017

Oct

JENNIFER HUDSON BRINGING A MUCH-NEEDED BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO 'THE VOICE’ By Alex Strachan

If Jennifer Hudson had a hit single every time Blake Shelton told her that winning The Voice UK won’t cut any ice on the US Voice, she’d be ahead of chart-topping career earner Rihanna by now...

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Alex Strachan

Alex Strachan has written extensively about television since 1995. He was the staff television critic for The Vancouver Sun from June 1995 to 2003. Prior to that, he was a general-assignment reporter and sportswriter at the Sun, which he originally joined in 1979. He became the national TV critic for Canada’s Postmedia News chain, or Canwest Global Communications as it was then called, in September 2003. He wrote for the chain from 2003-15, during which time his stories appeared regularly on Canada.com and in such daily papers as the National Post, Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen and Calgary Herald. In recent years, his writing has focused more on media analysis and industry trends than celebrity profiles and background features, but he still finds time to watch The Voice and The Amazing Race, not to mention guilty pleasures like Banshee and Amazon Hotel. Alex's personal website focuses on his concern for the world around us through his stunning photographs from his world travels. In addition, check out Alex's blog on his site which he tries to update every two days or so. You can also follow Alex @astrachanphoto