The IT Crowd

From the creator of Father Ted! From the producer of The Office! Occasionally guest starring Chris Morris! Read more

The Mark Steel Lectures

For me, the Radio 4 series of The Mark Steel Lectures was a delight. In each episode, he proved himself to be one of the few people who can talk passionately and entertainingly about relatively academic subjects. Read more

Charlie Brooker’s Screen Wipe

TV shows about TV shows have a long, but not very distinguished history. Read more

The Lavender List

As they are trumpeting the fact so loudly, it would be rude not to acknowledge the happy event that is the fourth birthday of BBC4. Sitting down to watch their anniversary week, an unhappy thought was nagging away at my consciousness. Read more

The Apprentice

During last week’s episode of The Apprentice, two particular personalities were highlighted. Jo and Syed found it hard to make a good impression, simply because their estimation of what they needed to do and say, and what was actually required, were so wide of the mark. Read more

Davina

A chat show at 7pm? On a Wednesday night? On BBC1? Those were indeed the days. Read more

Spring has sprung

Just back from the Channel 4 Spring 2006 launch. To be honest, there’s not a huge amount to report, bar a potentially interesting season titled “The Trouble With Old People” and – can it be true? – the end of Property Ladder? Well, nothing was actually said on this point, but it wasn’t included in the line-up of new housing programmes alongside Grand Designs and Location, Location, Location as has previously been the norm. Read more

They are the eggmen

“Is this the last really good thing that Tony Marchant ever wrote?” said Jack, a couple of months back, musing on the merits of Holding On. Read more

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