Three years ago, The Sarah Jane Adventures began, as the second spin-off from the BBC’s Doctor Who juggernaut. It featured Sarah Jane Smith, a Who companion from the seventies, fighting evil alongside a group of young sidekicks. The series became one of the Beeb’s most successful children’s … [Read more...]
Strictly, Simpsons and Lord Sugar: What We’ve Been Watching
Praise be - we've got a hashtag on our hands. Yes, my mission to get everyone calling this new column WWBW (I've forgotten quite why; ego-centricism, I'd imagine) has reached Twitter, so if you see anything on the tellybox that you think is worthy of a line or two here, just stick #WWBW onto your … [Read more...]
Merlin: The Crystal Cave – Dork Review
After a couple of weeks sneering impotently behind the King, Evil Morgana finally strikes in this week’s Merlin. Things take a turn for the even worse when our gangly hero makes a schoolboy error: paying heed to a bearded stranger spouting prophecies in the woods. So it’s a serious outing this … [Read more...]
Spooks: Series 9, Episode 3 – Dork Review
This week, at last, Spooks throws caution to the wind and gives us a ridiculous plot involving a high-speed chase, the whole of London at risk and one of those deadly nerve agents that seem alarmingly common in Spooksland. If this was meant to be a deadly serious espionage drama, this would be an … [Read more...]
Merlin: Gwaine – Dork Review
In the fourth episode, Merlin brings us everything we love from the series. Banter! A guest star! Jousting! Mysterious strangers with dubious allegiances! Shape-shifting! Slightly unclear waffle about knights and codes of honour! Ritual humiliation of the lead character! Incremental advancement of … [Read more...]
The Inbetweeners and Sean Lock: What We’ve Been Watching
Welcome, lords, ladies and them downstairs to a new weekly column from me, Anna Lowman, courtesy of your good friends here at Dork Adore: What We've Been Watching. Or - as it will instantly become known as word zips across the internet that such a thing of wonder exists, WWBW. Of course it would … [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...]
Spooks: Series 9, Episode 2 – Dork Review
As if Spooks didn’t already suffer from conspiracy storylines that make little sense, this week’s tangled web is presented from multiple perspectives, in a loose homage to Rashomon. Of course, it’s always worthy of praise when an established series tries something a little bit different. Creative … [Read more...]
Merlin: Goblin’s Gold – Dork Review
After two weeks of high drama in Merlin, in which many fought but little was resolved, the third series presses on with a sharp contrast. Yes, this is one of the occasional comic relief episodes, in which building a sense of threat comes a distant second place to the need to keep the kids … [Read more...]
Spooks – Series Nine Death Pool
The BBC’s Spooks has always been a cruel gig for its characters. Ever since then-famous Holby City actress Lisa Faulkner had her head stuffed in a deep fat fryer in episode two, the show has enjoyed a reputation for writing out cast members at a rate that would cause other series to be crippled by … [Read more...]
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