The last few weeks of ITV’s Primeval have been disappointing to this first-time viewer. A few promising moments, but the monster-of-the-week plots in particular have been somewhat weak and thrown-together feeling. This week, our heroes go to a wedding, an old face returns, Emily finally does … [Read more...]
Human Planet and How TV Ruined Your Life: What We’ve Been Watching
It's taken me a while to get around to mentioning the BBC's latest flagship nature (anthropological?) documentary Human Planet, but it deserves its place in the revered WWBW archives. It's fascinating, beautiful to look at, and the sort of programme that makes you think, ok, mankind can be … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 4, Episode 5 – Dork Review
After doing an admirably ropey job on teenagers last week, this time Primeval takes on another time-honoured TV stereotype: the secretive, hostile country bumpkin. They’re here with bells on, armed with pitchforks and Wurzel accents, ready to beat down the ARC team because they aren’t local. Not … [Read more...]
10 O’Clock Live and The British Comedy Awards: What We’ve Been Watching
When UK television has tried to do uber-topical comedy in recent times, the tendency has been towards easy jokes rather than tackling the issues, with a much greater emphasis on the 'comedy' bit than the 'topical' (the well-intentioned but ultimately rubbish Tonightly is a good case in point). So … [Read more...]
Being Human: Series 3, Episode 1 – Dork Adore
The third series of Being Human, the BBC’s #1 supernatural houseshare comedy-drama, begins. And they’ve got a cliffhanger to follow up from last year, a new setting to launch and more werewolves than a whole shop full of cheap horror DVDs. Suddenly, the series has also started attracting a much … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 4, Episode 4 – Dork Review
Another week of ITV’s Primeval powers past, and you might be surprised to hear it has a dinosaur in it. Oh, and there’s shouting and shooting. Hannah from S Club 7 demonstrates some girl power. Does that help discern it from the others at all? This one also features unrealistic computer hacking … [Read more...]
Episodes, Michel Roux’s Service and Fast & Loose: What We’ve Been Watching
It's not often that the cream of British comedy combines with the genuine American A-list - at least not on TV, our comics do get the odd Hollywood cameo - so to see Green Wing's Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Grieg on screen with Friends' "Joey" in the new BBC sitcom Episodes was always going to be an … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 4 So Far – Dork Review
A few years ago, ITV started up Primeval to enter the Saturday night family-fun market that Doctor Who had opened back up. It featured portals and CGI dinosaurs, and ran for three years before getting cancelled. But the show did well enough elsewhere, and had enough fanbase to kick up a stink, so … [Read more...]
Famous & Fearless, Derren Brown Night and Penn & Teller: What We’ve Been Watching
When Famous and Fearless - the new show that brought Chris Evans back to live television on Channel 4 - first aired last Sunday, Twitter was abuzz with how slow it was, bemoaning its terrible 'action to filler' ratio. And I completely agreed, and yet somehow I ended up watching right until the … [Read more...]
The Next Three Days – Dork Review
There are a lot of films out there in which a regular chap (or occasionally chap-ess) suffers some personal setback or tragedy, often involving a child or love interest being endangered or killed. They immediately snap, seize the nearest automatic weapon and become an action hero. In The Next … [Read more...]
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