For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerSaturday’s TV, by Ben DowellBattlestar GalacticaBBC Two, 9.45pm/11.20pmWhen the “golden age of television” was hitting its stride in the early 2000s this may have passed you by. Perhaps you were put off by memories of the slightly trashy 1970s series, its silly bleeping robots and rather childish-sounding title. However, this reboot, which ran for five series from 2004 on Sky, is worth a (free!) look, although perhaps not because of the chin-stroking chatter it attracted at the time it was first broadcast. It may be an allegory of politics in the era of George W Bush, but 16 years on what might be of greater interest

Source: The Times September 04, 2020 23:04 UTC