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Come Dine With Me…but no Lamb
I would not say I am a big fan of Come Dine With Me (CDWM to its fans) but when I feel like watching a bit of TV, if its on with nothing else on any of the other channels I will definitely give it a...
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Did you miss it? Homeland is coming back for season 2
Pretty much one of the best TV dramas of the last few years is back this year. Fresh from a big win a this year’s Emmys for outstanding drama series, for lead actor (Brit Damian Lewis) /actress...
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Channel 5 – Terrestial TVs enfant terrible has come of age…
The Easter weekend of 1997 saw the launch of the UK’s fifth terrestial Channel, tapping in to the zeitgeist of the time it was launched by the Spice Girls. After the fanfare and publicity of the launch...
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Homeland. Why did I doubt season 2 was going to be good?
Homeland is back. 2 weeks in and it has raised its level of excitement to unfricking-believable with two “Big Balls” moments. Carrie Mathison swings between daring and delusional and sometimes it is...
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Micky Flanagan…Best Cockney Comedian Out There..Out as in just ‘Out’ not ‘Out...
It was a night of Comedy on Channel 4 last night. It kicked with the British Comedy Awards hosted by Jonathan Ross who was in a fairly irreverent mood, but that was just a taster. The main course was...
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Channel 4…Has Homeland hit a Nadir after the demise of Abu Nazir
Homeland’s latest season comes to an end on Channel 4 next week Sunday. Season 2 has been good but has struggled to maintain the same level of intense suspense you got with Season 1. It was always...
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Channel 4 News…Django Director Tarantino shuts Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s butt...
Quentin Tarantino was in town to promote his latest film Django about a slave-turned-bounty hunter who sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. The film featuring Jamie...
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The Secret of Pickpockets….Channel 4
Okay it is official I am not going to use a cash point in London any more!!!. Last night’s documentary on Channel 4 -The secret of Pickpockets – was shocking. Not so much the Eastern European gangs...
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Gogglebox…Who’s watching who?
Sometimes you go to a hairdressers and they have mirrors on both sides of the wall and you look into one mirror and you see a reflection of your refection from the other mirror effectively a DIY...
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Secret Millions [Secret Millionaire Rebooted]…Channel 4
So let’s say I work in a Charity, social housing or some other part of the voluntary sector. Let’s say also my job is located in a former mining or industrial town somewhere up north that has seen...
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Murder Workers …Channel 4
The only thing in common with all these stories on this thoughtful documentary was that they had lost a loved one in a murder. The hurt, the questions, the grief and the emptiness are all unique to...
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Channel 4 …Terror in the Skies
It is safe to say if you are of a nervous disposition, have even the mildest fear of flying or just general more comfortable with your two feet on the ground this new series on Channel 4 is DEFINITELY...
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Channel 4…The Returned
Just a quick note to say this is brilliant. Yes it is in French and yes it has subtitles but if you can get past that then you are in for a superb Sunday night thriller. Snyopsis of episode 1 From...
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Homeland Season 3 – Teaser Release…
Homeland is back in September and I believe Channel 4 will be showing season 3. For all Homeland fans out there here is a teaser released for the next season. Very cryptics so make of it what you will....
View ArticleChannel 4…Is Homeland Season 3 finally takes off
Homeland Season 3 has struggled. The main bogey-man from the first two seasons, Abu Nazir, is gone and Brody is faraway in Caracas, Venezuela. It has been left to Carrie and Saul to provide the...
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Channel4…Introducing the couples watching TV on GoggleBox
I have written a bit about the cult hit that is GoggleBox, and as it rolls through its second season its success doesn’t show any sign of diminishing. Not only is is show itself proving popular, but...
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Channel 4…The Eloquence Of Chris Hadfield on Sunday Bunch
Although the TV channels never come out and say so, chat shows are almost primarily there to help promote new movies, albums or TV Shows. So you regularly get your famous Hollywood Movie stars coming...
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Channel 4 …Is Street Magic losing its Mystique?
Magic was once a staple of British TV and in the seventies and eighties no Saturday night light entertainment schedule was complete without the likes of the late Tommy Cooper, Paul Daniels, Matthew...
View ArticleChannel 4…Benefits Street. Was the law being broken?
Benefits Street… Benefit Voyeurism gone wrong. When I watch programmes like Benefit Street I feel it is has a clear demographic in mind. The demographic is one of people who are convinced that being on...
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Channel 4 …Is “Hostages” the new “Homeland”?
“Homeland” was a ratings winner can “Hostages” replace it? Channel 4 got a ratings winner with the first season of Homeland, the second and third seasons also did relatively well and the lesson for the...
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