Nathan Barley
Friday, February 11, 2005 by TJ Worthington · Comments Off
Last time the general viewing public saw Chris Morris, he was riding a bike in shorts and refusing to talk about the Brass Eye special. Read more
Five News
Tuesday, February 1, 2005 by Daniel Stour · Comments Off
Each time I happen to see Five News, Kirsty Young seems to have moved further away from the studio desk. Read more
Look Around You
Monday, January 31, 2005 by Chris Orton · Comments Off
Tucked away in the BBC2 schedules in a 10-minute slot back in 2002, Look Around You was considered by many to be a little gem of a show from writer-producers Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper. Read more
Today with Des and Mel
Friday, January 28, 2005 by Lee Madge · Comments Off
There is something of a guilty pleasure to be found in watching Today With Des and Mel for the casual viewer. Read more
Auschwitz – The Nazis and the “Final Solution”
Tuesday, January 25, 2005 by Ian Jones · Comments Off
What sort of incidental music could possibly seem appropriate for a montage of concentration camp victims, all of pre-teen age? An obvious answer would be none at all. Such images do their own talking. Read more
The Power of Nightmares
Thursday, January 20, 2005 by Ian Jones · Comments Off
For all the recurring bursts of sniping about the amount of old stuff on TV, it’s still rare to find a channel repeating an entire series a mere couple of months since it was first broadcast. Read more
Watchdog
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 by Graham Kibble-White · Comments Off
Watchdog – certainly for the last five or so years – has been a programme characterised by nit-picking, fussy idiots who’ve been a) happy to throw their cash into a gaping maw under the vague misapprehension it’s going to accumulate somehow, b) failed to read anything properly – ever, and c) keen on obsessing over the trivial, insubstantial wrinkles in life. Read more
Abroad Again in Britain
Saturday, January 8, 2005 by Ian Jones · Comments Off
The return of Jonathan Meades to BBC2 was heralded by a din of non-publicity. We’ve been here before. Read more
Celebrity Big Brother
Thursday, January 6, 2005 by Daniel Stour · Comments Off
Celebrity is a strangely-shaped biscuit whichever way you dunk it. I have found myself cringing at the screen twice lately, once in horror and once in delight, and both times guiltily. Read more
World Darts
Wednesday, January 5, 2005 by Matthew Rudd · 3 Comments
Nothing divides folk quite like sport. While everyone has their favourite and their least favourite, it’s always been the humane thing to “never criticise another person’s sport.” Read more
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
Monday, January 3, 2005 by Ian Jones · Comments Off
Is it too soon to nominate the best TV programme of 2005? Read more
