Pop culture doc series by Jonathan Ross that offered insight into contemporary Japan. This episode is devoted to zoku (tribes, various different subcultures that are big today).

A frustrated African American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit. A Spike Lee joint so of course this is intelligent, funky and entertaining.

Canadian funnyman Rick Mercer tests Bush-era Americans to see how many fibs about their northern neighbours seem plausible

Arcangel hacks cartridges of the original Nintendo game Super Mario Bros., twisting the game’s graphics into surreal reinterpretations

Animated extracts from Ballard's novel

First of a 2 part look at Birmingham's most distinctive and respected music festivals