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...]
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...]
Buzzcocks, X Factor and mind-blowing illusions: What We’ve Been Watching
I still can't believe that Never Mind The Buzzcocks is into its 14th year and 24th series: I was eleven years old when it started, isn't that incredible? And despite all the various line-up changes, I've consistently loved it and it's no different now, with Noel Fielding and the ever-present Phill … [Read more...]
Film 2010, Autumnwatch and #BBCHIGNFY: What We’ve Been Watching
After years of the "one man staring a bit weirdly down the camera" format for Film WhateverYearItIs, the BBC have taken the plunge and given the review show a proper overhaul of Genius proportions (the shake-up of this show has had rather more press coverage, though, for some reason). So with … [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...]
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