Apparitions
Thursday, November 13, 2008 by Graham Kibble-White · 3 Comments
A drama that starts from the standpoint God and Satan exist is almost high concept for television. Read more
US Election Night
“It belongs to you,” proclaimed President-Elect Obama, live in Chicago.
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Countdown
Monday, November 3, 2008 by Ian Jones · 3 Comments
Do not go gentle into that good night…
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Stephen Fry in America
Sunday, October 12, 2008 by Graham Kibble-White · 9 Comments
Stephen Fry goes hunting for deer in New York State, but finds only their “nuggets” (or “poo”). Read more
Blue Peter at 50
Saturday, October 11, 2008 by Ian Jones · 12 Comments
The forward march of Blue Peter feels like it has, for the time being, halted. Read more
The X-Factor
Sunday, October 5, 2008 by Jack Kibble-White · 4 Comments
Any series that can boast “now with no Sharon Osbourne” must be on to a winner. Read more
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Monday, September 29, 2008 by Graham Kibble-White · 2 Comments
“The Bane, Slitheen, the Gorgon, the Trickster. Read more
Merlin
Saturday, September 20, 2008 by Stuart Ian Burns · 2 Comments
The BBC’s new Doctor Who methadone, Merlin was a very entertaining 45 minutes. Read more
Only Connect
Monday, September 15, 2008 by Stuart Ian Burns · 5 Comments
Victoria Coren looks incongruous sitting behind a desk Read more
Grange Hill
Monday, September 15, 2008 by Ian Jones · 7 Comments
At long last the country’s number one failing school has finally, finally, been closed down. Read more
Noel’s HQ
Sunday, September 14, 2008 by Jack Kibble-White · 2 Comments
You have to give him credit – it’s difficult to even remember that Noel Edmonds was ever away. Read more
Behind Closed Doors
Monday, September 8, 2008 by Robert A Williams · 1 Comment
They say hidden gems can be found in the most unlikely places. Read more
MasterChef: The Professionals
Friday, August 29, 2008 by Graham Kibble-White · 8 Comments
“They’ve got to really kick it up a gear!” Read more
Spooks: Code 9
Saturday, August 2, 2008 by Stuart Ian Burns · 1 Comment
The announcement of Spooks: Code 9 was greeted with the kind of collective internet sigh last heard through every episode of ’90s flop Attachments. The trailers looked like something someone might have knocked up for YouTube using clips from that failure to tap into the web zeitgeist, the main complaint being that this spin-off (then called Threat Level) made a nonsense of the parent programme because it showed everyone in London being wiped out, making the actions of the more familiar characters entirely pointless.
The Brink of Apocalypse
Saturday, January 5, 2008 by Ian Jones · Comments Off
What were you doing on 8 November 1983? Read more
To the Manor Born
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 by Graham Kibble-White · Comments Off
“We’re hearing far too many foreign voices around here,” opined Audrey DeVere, née fforbes-Hamilton. Much of a sentiment for Christmas Day? Probably not. Read more
Doctor Who
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 by Jack Kibble-White · Comments Off
If ever an episode of Doctor Who was designed for a specific space and time, this was it. Read more
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 by Ian Jones · Comments Off
Anyone in need of a sappy Christmas would have turned away from the last episode of this series blinking not from tears, but disbelief. Read more
The Liverpool Nativity
Sunday, December 16, 2007 by Stuart Ian Burns · Comments Off
The Liverpool Nativity was rather better than anyone expected. In the run up, cynical writing and comment abounded with some questioning the casting – any scouser with an equity card – and the setting, which could potentially have led to another airing of the usual stereotypes Read more
Heroes
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 by Stuart Ian Burns · Comments Off
It’s been a while since I’ve been this apprehensive about the broadcast of the finale to a US import – and it’s been a while since a series has been trailed by this much critical acclaim from professionals and bloggers, professional bloggers and people with access to broadband saying in unison, “Great series, shame about the ending”. Read more
