To misquote Helen off Big Brother, I like laughing I do, and thanks to the box in the corner, I did quite a lot of it last week. BBC One's Saturday night comedies Walk On The Wild Side and Armstrong and Miller continue to be consistently wonderful, but this week it was the return of Peep Show, now … [Read more...]
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Red Dwarf X: Trojan – Dork Review
After years on the shelf, Red Dwarf returns on Dave. They had the commercially successful (if critically panned) three-part Back To Earth special in 2009, and now they’ve spun that good will into a whole new six-episode series. Is the latest run of space-slobbing up to classic standards? Or will … [Read more...]
Why I no longer watch TV
I don't want any of you to think that I am the kind of person who doesn't own a TV set or who thinks that watching TV is a waste of time or is bad for your health. I am definitely not! There are plenty of shows that I love, and – thanks to my other half – I have a TV that is bigger than the … [Read more...]
Accused: Series Two Begins – Dork Review
Today on Dork Adore: I review Accused, a proper BBC drama, with powerful acting, real-life issues and a firm grasp on the fundamentals of storytelling! I suspect our Beloved Editor gave me this assignment because she sensed my growing frustration reviewing Sinbad, a show which is the opposite of all … [Read more...]
Comedy Showcase’s Chickens and The Jonathan Ross Show: What We’ve Been Watching
You can't fault Channel 4's commitment to new comedy. Every year they try out a bunch of pilots in a primetime slot in their Comedy Showcase strand, and over on E4 that's backed up with slightly more left-field offerings in Comedy Lab. So how did the first of this year's crop, Chickens, fare? … [Read more...]
Friday Night Dinner and a Mad Dogs update: What We’ve Been Watching
It's unusual for a British comedy to go straight onto Channel 4 these days, without having to work its way up, Inbetweeners-style, from the network's digital outpost E4. So with Friday Night Dinner appearing fully-formed in what should properly be described as The Peep Show Slot, the commissioners … [Read more...]
Streaming Services Round-Up – The Best In Free TV
Ever since DVD drives overtook CD drives and students began downloading Buffy illegally, people having using their computers to watch TV and movies. And the rise of legal online streaming sites has only pushed us further from our sofas. Me writing about streaming services as if you don’t know … [Read more...]
Him & Her – Dork Review
If you don’t study Twitter or TV guides diligently, the BBC’s Him & Her might have passed you by. And even if you did notice it, you may have moved on quickly after realising it’s a sitcom about twenty-somethings in a flat, on BBC Three. But I’ve watched the four episodes to date, and thought … [Read more...]
The IT Crowd review: Series 4 so far
There isn’t a lot of ‘proper’ geek TV on at the moment, as our Editor bemoaned in a recent post. Many might take this as a sign to run for their DVD stacks, but there is one show which aims for the dork audience, but some forget because it’s a mere sitcom: The IT Crowd. The new batch is half over … [Read more...]
In praise of Beautiful People
As much as I love telly in all its forms and genres it has to be said that, especially recently, shows have had a tendency to sort of morph into one. Reality TV is the best example of this, of course, with The X-Factor taking its audition rounds into theatres to make it more like Britain's Got … [Read more...]
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