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The Invisibles - Geriatric Crime
2008-05-04 08:34:00 Is it me or was The Invisibles just a bit boring? I mean it wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t wonderful either. To me it seemed like there were gaps in the show where nothing went on, but then it is a show about geriatric safe-crackers… maybe that is what life is like for the oldies ... More About: Crime
Coming soon to your telly box
2008-05-01 14:12:00 Friday (2 May) sees the return of those lovable idiots Mark and Jeremy as Peep Show returns to Channel 4 for a fifth season. It took me some time to ever watch this show… I think it was in it’s third series before I ever watched an episode, but since that first viewing I have been hooked. So ...
Coming soon to your telly box!
2008-04-30 16:47:00 I have been struggling to find anything interesting to watch on television for the last couple of weeks. Lucky for me this week we have two new shows making an appearance. On Thursday (May 1) we have the first outing for The Invisibles, the new Comedic Drama on BBC1. It has a wonderful cast including the likes of Warren Clarke ... More About: Channel 4
I bet Shannon is excited
2008-04-29 21:01:00 After the success of Gossip Girl it comes as no surprise to hear that the original teen soap Beverly Hills 90210 is being recommissioned for American telly. Teen sensation Hillary Duff is currently in negotiations to star… I’ll bet this news will excite Shannon Doherty (and her agent who must be starving for a commission) ... More About: News
The Con is on?
2008-04-29 17:17:00 For a few weeks now Virgin 1 the newest cable network in the UK has been advertising that Hustle , the wonderful show about modern day grifters was coming to the network. I was both surprised and excited about the return of the show to the minnow network Virgin 1. Surprised because I didn’t understand how ...
Van Morrison invades the BBC
2008-04-27 02:39:00 What is with the Beeb lately, every week they seem to feature a new artist across their network of television and radio stations. A couple of weeks ago it was Radiohead, then REM had a turn, and last night Van Morrison took over BBC TV for a couple of hours. First there was a fantastic Van Morrison ... More About: Music , Player
Review: Heroes 2.1
2008-04-26 02:24:00 *THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE YET TO WATCH SERIES TWO EP 1* Heroes , the fantasy, science-fiction, comic book style soap opera made an unspectacular return to British television Thursday night over on the Beeb, and I have to say I was a little disappointed. Word from the States is that this series is ... More About: Review , Heroes 2
Heroes? A guide to Hiro
2008-04-25 16:59:00 My favourite character in Heroes is strangely called Hiro, but what do we know about this strange little man who is such a Hero his daddy named him so… Outside the Box’s Guide to Hiro Hiro’s last name is Nakamura Hiro is from Japan Hiro works (or worked) as a computer programmer Hiro can travel through time Hiro can freeze time Hiro ...
Mad Men? A guide to Don Draper
2008-04-24 11:53:00 Lets face it Mad Men would not be worth watching without the mysterious Don Draper, but what do we really know about him? Well after eight episodes here in the UK still not very much, but every week I discover a little more… A Mad Man’s Guide to Don Draper (Discoveries from the first eight episodes) Don is an ...
Gavin and Stacey? some choice scenes.
2008-04-23 18:21:00 The second season of Gavin and Stacey is over now, and we are only a couple of Christmas specials away from waving goodbye to them forever (or at least that is the rumour). So to celebrate the passing of series two, and to whet our appetites until Christmas when Gav, Stacey, Nessa, Smithy and Uncle Bryn ... More About: Choice , Scenes
Heroes - Main Characters
2008-04-23 15:16:00 Thanks to the Timesonline for publishing this handy guide to the main characters of the fabulous Heroes show: 1 NOAH BENNET (Jack Coleman) The fascinating one. A normal mortal who knows all about heroes. He’s the loyal company man who discovers the sinister truth about his employers; that they want to get their hands on his adoptive ... More About: Main , Characters
Heroes? Season 1 review in 210 seconds.
2008-04-23 00:21:00 I spent the weekend re-watching the entire first series of Heroes , the highly addictive, science-fiction, comic book style soap opera. Since most of you however, don’t have enough time before Thursday’s debut of series 2 to re-watch the first series, I have found this handy guide to series one to refresh your memories of the colossal events of ... More About: Review , Season , Season 1 , Seconds
More about Cate Tate?
2008-04-22 18:59:00 I know I keep twittering on about Catherine Tate, and her role as Donna in Doctor Who. Maybe it is the shock that she is not completely shit, or maybe she is winning me over… well actually she is winning me over, especially now that her character on Doctor Who revealed herself this week as ... More About: Eastenders , Cate , Dr Who
Review: The Rules of Modern Policing
2008-04-22 18:43:00 I know what you are thinking… “a book? Isn’t this a television site?” Well yes, but I received this from my missus for my birthday, and it is (fictionally) written by DCI Gene Hunt from Life on Mars, and Ashes to Ashes fame, so I thought I would share. Book Synopsis (from Amazon.co.uk); ‘Don’t move! You’re surrounded by ... More About: Books , Review , Rules , Modern , Life On Mars
Even Caitlin agrees?
2008-04-19 16:40:00 Yesterday in my Doctor Who recap of episodes one and two I admitted that I had some reservations and fears (are they the same thing?) about Catherine Tate being the Dr Who ’s new assistant. Today I picked up my copy of The Times Knowledge magazine and was pleasantly surprised to find Caitlin Moran, (on of my inspirations behind this ...
Graham Norton? what must they be thinking?
2008-04-19 16:10:00 Switched on the Graham Norton Show the other night and his guests were Tony Curtis and Kevin Bacon both American’s who have been around for some time, and have probably done hundreds of talk shows over the years. Yet they both seemed kind of shocked over the topics discussed on Graham’s wonderful but dirty show… ... More About: Thinking
Review: Doctor Who 4.1 and 4.2
2008-04-18 17:55:00 So Catherine Tate is firmly established as the Doctor ’s new companion, and all my fears of a bunch of silly “am I bovvered?” and “Doctor you are taking f*cking liberties” are now behind me, because I think she is wonderful in the role of Donna… still I would have preferred if they had found a way ... More About: Doctor Who , Review , Dr Who
Neil Diamond on Radio 2
2008-04-18 17:02:00 Hey Neil Diamond fans, wanna go to a sing-a-long with the one and only Mr Diamond FOR FREE! Neil Diamond is performing a special concert at the BBC Radio Theatre in London on the 14th of May, and they are giving away 75 pairs of tickets. The tickets are being given away randomly and for free. For ... More About: News , Music
Review: Doctor Who; The Official Site
2008-04-17 17:10:00 With the new series of Doctor Who now airing on BBC1 comes the inevitable update of the show’s fansite, and if you are a fan of the Doctor, or just a science-fiction geek, the Dr Who website is one stop in cyberspace you must make. The site has tons of fun stuff for fans to check out ... More About: Review , Site , Official
Pushing Daisies 2nd episode dropped by ITV1
2008-04-16 15:14:00 How can this be? ITV1 who bought the rights to broadcast Pushing Daisies in the UK have decided not to show the second episode of the series, they will skip it and go straight to episode three due to a scheduling error. This is despite the fact that Pushing Daisies’s premier episode, or Pie-Lette as it was titled the most ... More About: Episode
Headscratcher - Is Swartz a Lost Fan?
2008-04-15 03:51:00 Was watching episode two of Chuck tonight when I saw a very cleverly written piece of geek trivia in the dialogue. In the scene where the show’s namesake Chuck is being examined by the doctor to see what information he has in his head, Chuck states; “Oceanic flight 815 was shot down…” Do you think maybe creator ... More About: Lost
Skins? saying goodbye to friends.
2008-04-15 03:42:00 Chris is gone, Tony and Michelle got their grades and are off to Uni in Cardiff and York, Max and Anwar are off to London, Jal is leaving some highbrow music academy, Cassie has fucked off to New York, and Sid is in NYC looking for Cassie… and so ends series two of the best teen show ... More About: Friends , Goodbye , Skins , Channel 4
Pushing Daisies? fantastic writing, fantastic show!
2008-04-15 03:04:00 Bryan Fuller’s last two television shows, Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls, were both fantastic, but both of them reached a premature end, partly due to poor ratings and partly due to the fact that TV executives are morons, and don’t give shows enough time to gather an audience. Something tells me though that with Pushing ... More About: Desperate Housewives , Writing , Show , Pushing Daisies
Nip/Tuck? fun at the freak show.
2008-04-11 02:10:00 The best part of any Nip/Tuck episode is the first five minutes when Christian and Sean have their initial “tell me what you don’t like about yourself” consultation with a patient. I find that initial five minutes of each episode sets us viewers up for the rest of the episode, so when you see Rosie ... More About: Show , Freak , Freak Show , Nip Tuck
Chuck? TV for Aspiring Nerds
2008-04-10 12:56:00 Virgin1,the little watched and normally pretty rubbish TV channel has finally started to toss some pretty good shows into their schedule. Not only do they have the OKish Sarah Connor Chronicles, now they have tossed in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and now Chuck . Created by TV’s golden boy of the moment Josh Swartz (The OC ...
They snuck this one in? why?
2008-04-09 01:09:00 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia… where did this come from? I was just flipping through the channels looking for something to watch and there it was. And it was the first episode. Why didn’t they advertise this show, hype it up a bit… it has Danny DeVito in it, I am sure that would have ...
Skins - Cassie?s gone trippy
2008-04-09 00:51:00 The great thing about Skins is you are never quite sure where the show is going to lead you. This week it focused mainly on Cassie and Chris, who if you think about it are almost related. I mean they are both off with the fairies on the outside and living with demons on the ... More About: Channel 4 , Trippy
Soapbox Review #2
2008-04-06 02:01:00 So it wasn’t just a bad dream, Ricky and Bianca are back on Eastenders , and I am sure it won’t be long before I hear the annoying cry of “RICKAAAAY” on the square again. I guess Patsy Palmer and Sid Owen needed the work, as thier careers didn’t seem to go anywhere after leaving the ... More About: Review , Coronation Street , Soapbox
Torchwood - Revelations and good-byes
More articles from this author:2008-04-06 02:01:00 Torchwood season two ended this week in order to make space in the BBC’s sci-fi quota for Dr Who, but what an ending it was! This weeks episode was the second half of last weeks, so being the geek that I am I watched them both at the same time (thank you Sky+). I will try ... More About: Revelations , Good , Torchwood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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