It’s your region

A woman on the Today programme this morning insisted Lookaround was her favourite thing on TV. Read more

Merlin

Britain doesn’t have a particularly deep well of folk myths to draw from, so it’s not surprising TV screens have for so long been empty of even low-key attempts at tales of myths and legends.
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Grange Hill

At long last the country’s number one failing school has finally, finally, been closed down. Read more

Ken Campbell, RIP

Although his heart, and much of life, lay on the stage, Ken Campbell graced a succession of high-class TV series with equally convincing bit parts, cameos and supporting roles. Read more

Making the Grade

Once I would have been appalled at the idea of scrapping ITV, but not anymore. Read more

Geoffrey Perkins, RIP

A car accident has robbed British television of one of its most ubiquitous masterminds of comedy. Read more

“I’ll give you $10 for a verbal response”

What’s happened to Curb Your Enthusiasm on More4? Read more

Calendar countdown – slight return (again)

It’s time once more to update OTT’s chart of the most watched programmes of the decade so far. Read more

The Brink of Apocalypse

What were you doing on 8 November 1983? Read more

2007

So how do you begin looking back on a year in which television went completely evil?

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Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

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

“You’ve just eaten the baby Jesus!”

Apropos the time of year, five of television’s greatest ever Christmas episodes: Read more

Countdown

From early incarnation as embarrassing great uncle to latterday guise as sassy grandmother, the status of Countdown in the Channel 4 family has always been at odds with that of the clan as a whole. Read more

30 Rock

Sometimes you don’t want to work hard to enjoy television. Sometimes all you want is for the programme you’re about to watch to not leave you in any way exhausted, be it through frustration, tension or sheer exuberance. Sometimes all you need is television that leaves you exactly as it found you. Read more

Robin Hood

“We are the spirit of England,” cried the cleanest set of teeth the wrong side of the Renaissance, “and that is this country’s only hope.” Read more

Michael Palin’s New Europe

A few days ago several newspapers took great glee in revisiting the second most over-egged story of the summer: TV “fakery”. Read more

A Bucket o’ French and Saunders

“Hello? Can I come in?” Read more

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

“I have no reason to trust you; you work in television.” Read more

Not amused

It’s depressing to see the BBC getting in such a twitchy, nervous state over this business with the Queen. Read more

Doctor Who

There was a time, back when Doctor Who was on almost all year round, that all its principle cast members, including the eponymous time wizard, would go on vacation for a few episodes. Read more

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