At the moment, comedy on TV is dominated by panel shows, and while the combination of funny people with a decent format is usually a winner, it has to be said that there is something special about a great scripted comedy. And Psychoville is certainly that. The first series was everything I love … [Read more...]
WWBW: Royal Wedding Commemorative Edition
With WWBW being such an institution, it would be odd to let the Royal Wedding pass us by without comment, so as the bunting and flags are being gathered up around you, why not take a moment to enjoy this, the WWBW: Royal Wedding Commemorative Edition. It seemed that up until about 10 minutes … [Read more...]
United and Arena – Produced by George Martin: What We’ve Been Watching
Football and The Beatles - these are two things I like very much. As such, it's is a highly self-indulgent WWBW this week, with the Munich air disaster drama United and Arena documentary Produced by George Martin both featuring. Sorry... … [Read more...]
Filthy Cities and Campus: What We’ve Been Watching
When I was little, I remember there being a craze for scratch and sniff cards to go along with TV programmes. A very short one, admittedly, but a craze nonetheless. It was exciting (for a seven year old), but I have to say, I didn't expect to see it come back... especially not with a show like … [Read more...]
Top of the Pops night and Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience: What We’ve Been Watching
BBC Four indulged in a real nostalgia-fest last Friday with its Top of the Pops night, consisting of clips, documentaries and even a full episode from 1st April 1976. You might say it's easy programming that just relies on the warm, fuzzy feeling generated by nothing more than the reaction "naww, I … [Read more...]
Bible’s Buried Secrets and So You Think You Can Dance: What We’ve Been Watching
If you've not been sucked into BBC Four's The Killing (which, I think mistakenly, I haven't) it's been a bit of a slow old week, telly-wise. Still, it's important to maintain a balanced diet even when faced with slim pickings, so this week I turn to BBC Two documentary Bible's Buried Secrets and the … [Read more...]
Twenty Twelve and Comic Relief: What We’ve Been Watching
When the writer of Twenty Twelve, John Morton, came up with the idea of a clock that counts down to the Olympics ceremony, he may have known that one actually was in the pipeline, but he couldn't have known that his show would get such a lovely PR boost from the real-life version breaking after just … [Read more...]
Agony & Ecstasy at the ballet and the Let’s Dance final: What We’ve Been Watching
Riding on the back of the success of Black Swan (as Marc Bolan didn't say) comes the nicely-timed Agony & Ecstasy: A Year with the English National Ballet. While the Oscar-adorned movie was, essentially, a genre flick with no real interest in showing the reality of life for a ballet dancer, … [Read more...]
Mad Dogs and Let’s Dance for Comic Relief: What We’ve Been Watching
This being the era of the iPlayer, we're not necessarily expected to watch series as they go out, even big glossy psychological dramas with insane casts, as is the case with Sky 1's Mad Dogs. So I'm not in the least bit ashamed to admit that I'm a week behind on this show (ok, I am a little) -- and … [Read more...]
Louis Theroux – Ultra Zionists and Rastamouse: What We’ve Been Watching
Known for going where even hardened news correspondents would rather not tread, nodding sagely and quietly getting people to reveal more than they ever thought they would, this week Louis Theroux met members of the ultra-nationalist fringe of the Israeli Jewish community who have made their home on … [Read more...]
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