Life Force
Monday, January 31, 2000 by Robin Carmody · Comments Off
Children’s drama is reborn. Read more
Newsnight at 20
Saturday, January 29, 2000 by Ian Jones · Comments Off
Being only a few years older than Newsnight myself, it’s one of those programmes that seems to me to have always been there – always worth tuning in for, if only to check who’s refused to turn up. Now it has reached its 20th birthday and won an in-house, affectionate 45 minute tribute buried in the early evening schedules against Jim Davidson and Cilla. Read more
White Tribe
Thursday, January 27, 2000 by Robin Carmody · Comments Off
These are auspicious times, for sure. Read more
Castaway 2000
Tuesday, January 18, 2000 by Graham Kibble-White · Comments Off
Castaway 2000 is a grandiose scheme from the avuncular BBC wherein 30 people are shipped to an abandoned island off the north of Scotland and left for a year to forge a life for themselves and – more importantly – a community. Billed as a social experiment it is, of course, far too early to mark the programme against this objective. What we can be sure of is Castaway 2000 is great fun. Read more
Trigger Happy TV
Friday, January 14, 2000 by Jane Redfern · Comments Off
It’s half past nine on a Friday night, and there’s half an hour till the new series of The League of Gentlemen starts on BBC2. What to do? Watch re-runs of Never Mind The Buzzcocks? Do this dishes? Empty the cat litter tray? Read more
That Peter Kay Thing
Wednesday, January 12, 2000 by Jack Kibble-White · Comments Off
The big concern with Peter Kay is whether or not he is just the male equivalent of Victoria Wood. Read more
Blue Peter
Friday, January 7, 2000 by Ian Jones · Comments Off
“Hello there!…” Read more
1999
Saturday, January 1, 2000 by Jack Kibble-White · Comments Off
It is customary at this time of year to reflect on what has come before. Please don’t expect OTT to be any different. Read more
