This week, as the classic sketch goes, I have mostly been watching double acts. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have teamed up for the second time following on from the mostly excellent A Cock and Bull Story (dragged a bit, didn't it?); Wallace and Gromit are putting their window cleaning and humane … [Read more...]
Spooks: Series 9, Episode 8 – Dork Review
After eight nailbiting episodes, the BBC’s Spooks has ended its ninth series. Former lead spy Lucas North has finally flipped, and when someone goes round the bend in Spooks, they don’t just sit in their room making obscene paper dolls. No, Lucas leaps straight from handsome hero to rogue agent … [Read more...]
Merlin: Love In The Time Of Dragons – Dork Review
It’s been a short while since the last time a Merlin character fell for someone untrustworthy, so here we go again. This week, physician and father figure Gaius is smitten when a woman from his past turns up, but she has gone through some changes since the good old days. Sorry if that counts as a … [Read more...]
Sarah Jane Adventures: The Empty Planet – Dork Review
There have been a few cast trimmings in The Sarah Jane Adventures this year, but they take the cull to extremes this week, when Clyde and Rani find themselves not only Sarah Jane’s last remaining kid sidekicks, but the last people on the planet. So can the kids carry the story? Or will the curse … [Read more...]
Mark Gatiss, The Event, Psychoville and The Daily Show: What We’ve Been Watching
There are certain people in television who tend to act like a guarantee of quality, of something a little different and something genuinely inventive and interesting - and I think Mark Gatiss, whether as writer, performer or presenter is certainly one of them. From The League of Gentlemen to … [Read more...]
Spooks: Series 9, Episode 7 – Dork Review
This is what we’ve been building up to for the whole ninth series of Spooks. Lucas North’s nervous breakdown finally hits critical mass, and Harry has to wrestle with the fact that “John” simply isn’t an exciting enough name for his section chief. Meanwhile, incredibly, there’s time for a whole … [Read more...]
Psychoville Halloween Special – Dork Review
Last year, the BBC debuted Psychoville, a delicious new comedy-horror series by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, two of the madmen behind the League Of Gentlemen. Combining surrealism and outright psychosis, it became a cult success. An unusually successful internet campaign for renewal … [Read more...]
Merlin: The Eye Of The Phoenix – Dork Review
After years of family-friendly Arthurian drama, Merlin lurches into surrealism this week, with the sudden appearance of strange filters, stabbing isolation and a lobster as metaphor for our unfulfilled desires. One of those may not be true. Regardless, an odd episode at times. But was it a … [Read more...]
Sarah Jane Adventures: Death Of The Doctor – Dork Review
This week, although we’re barely halfway through the new series of Sarah Jane Adventures, it is time for the most eagerly awaited, probably highest rated episodes. Obviously it isn’t the series finale, rather The One With Doctor Who In. Yes, Matt Smith stops by this week, and for many, this will … [Read more...]
BBC1 HD – Coming Soon To Your TV
In terms of November dates to remember remember, people get stuck on the fifth, since that’s when the fireworks get let off. But that happens every year, and there’s a petition to ban then anyway. Far more uniquely, on the third of November 2010, the BBC1 HD channel launches. In case that wasn’t … [Read more...]
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