The Apprentice

To use Sugar parlance, we’re into the “burn down” now. Read more

Doctor Who

Throughout the land, grown men are crying. This isn’t because of some major sporting event, the death of a cherished footballer or because the Queen is 80. Read more

The Apprentice

Being perhaps the last person in the country to have cottoned on to The Apprentice and only ever having watched two episodes previously, it is with a sense of curious detachment that I find myself being drawn to this evening’s edition. Read more

The Queen at 80

“We’re told she doesn’t want much fuss,” confided Sophie Raworth from amidst a bewildering battery of cameras, arc lights, cables, microphones, scaffolding and cake. Read more

The Apprentice

In a quiet episode, it was apt that it was the quiet man who finally got the chop. Read more

Doctor Who

“I’m the new new Doctor,” chortled David Tennant through that toothy grin. And here, it seems, was the headline news from the start of Doctor Who‘s much anticipated second run. Read more

Popworld

What’s the most appropriate way for the presenters of a pop show to depart? A few special guests to wave them off, followed by endless blubbing? Read more

The Apprentice

So here we are – another week of watching the unhirable being vetted by the undesirable. Read more

The Apprentice

“It’s cold up there,” whispers Lindsay Duncan in GBH when tartly reminding her father of his lofty position in British society. “So cold.” Read more

The Apprentice

It’s the reality show for people who don’t like, even expressly detest, reality shows. Read more

The Apprentice

Part reality-TV car crash, part Big Boy’s Book of Business, The Apprentice is a television show many people end up loving without really understanding why. Read more

The Chatterley Affair

On Sunday night, during the closing credits of the programme which proceeded a timely rerun of Ken Russell’s once controversial adaptation of DH Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, the announcer reminded the viewer that it featured, “Joely Richardson… and Sean Bean… and Sean Bean’s bottom”. Read more

Deal or No Deal?

In a turn of phrase that wouldn’t be out of place tumbling from the lips of its loquacious host, the Saturday night incarnation of this show has turned out to be something of a curate’s egg. Read more

The Apprentice

Let’s brainstorm some words to describe the new series of The Apprentice, shall we? Marker pens at the ready… Read more

The Apprentice

If I had a bomb, and a place to drop it from, I’d drop it on you, business hopefuls. Read more

Time Shift: Sun and Moon

One of the great joys of BBC4 is that its schedulers and programme makers are never afraid to rummage around the dustier corners of the archives. Read more

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

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