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Model Behaviour on the BBC

3. July 2008     Posted by Plattie

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I am a massive fan of America’s Next Top Model, and the various national off-shoots it has spawned such as Britain’s Next Top Model and Australia’s Next Top Model. I could (and will) quite happily sit on my arse all day long, munching junk food and watching dumb skinny girls fight with each other over [...]

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A Less Wonderful Life [Doctor Who]

27. June 2008     Posted by Anna

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Doctor Who, S04 E11: Turn Left This week: What would have happened if Donna had never met the Doctor? We find out when she accidentally creates a Doctor-less universe. Apparently, Catherine Tate would have shouted a whole lot more.

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Midnight and the Aliens of Good and Evil

19. June 2008     Posted by Anna

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Doctor Who, S04 E10: Midnight This week: the Doctor is under threat in one of the most chilling episodes yet. This episode was good. Really, really good. In fact, it was one of the best episodes of the revived Who ever. And pretty much all of it took place in one small space, with hardly any special [...]

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Welcome to Summer School

19. June 2008     Posted by Plattie

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Up on my iPlayer, and also airing on BBC3 this week, is the spoof documentary Summer Heights High, the Beeb’s latest Australian import. This show, which, in the best tradition of The Office, presents itself as a fly-on-the-wall view of a typical Australian high school, has been fairly universally panned by British TV critics. But screw [...]

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The Doctor Meets the Matrix [Doctor Who]

13. June 2008     Posted by Anna

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Doctor Who, S04 E09: Forest of the Dead This week: The Doctor brings the dead back to life. Again. Also, he can open the Tardis just by clicking his fingers.

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Dear Diary: Confessions of a Call Girl

12. June 2008     Posted by Marcia

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Here is what you won’t get from watching Monday’s US premiere of The Secret Diary of a Call Girl: a thoughtful exploration of sexual or feminist politics in regards to prostitution, or a sociological inquiry into the class disparity between prostitutes and their johns and the accompanying power dynamic. It ain’t there. You won’t even [...]

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More Who for You

8. June 2008     Posted by Marcia

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For all you US Doctor Who fans that are a few weeks behind those in the UK, don’t forget that Anna’s Who recaps come out according to the UK schedule. Of course, it’s worth going back a few weeks for Who goodness, isn’t it? Friday’s episode of The Doctor’s Daughter is pre-recapped for your reading [...]

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Checking Out in the Library [Doctor Who]

5. June 2008     Posted by Anna

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Doctor Who, S04 E08: Silence in the Library This is the first episode by Steven Moffat since the announcement that he is to be the showrunner when Russell T Davies steps down at the end of this series, and if we didn’t already know how awesomely perfect he is for this job, then this stellar episode [...]

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Food, Fools and Freud: Taste of My Life

5. June 2008     Posted by Plattie

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Have I mentioned how much I love the BBC’s iPlayer? Well I do. And not just because it enables me to catch up on shows I’ve missed. It also allows me to discover freaky weird little shows that I’d never normally hear about. Case in point: Taste of My Life, with Nigel Slater. The premise of [...]

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Murder and the Vicar’s Rage [Doctor Who]

22. May 2008     Posted by Anna

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Doctor Who, S04 E07: The Unicorn and the Wasp This week: we get possibly the downright silliest episode of the new Who. And yet, despite herself, Anna is entertained.

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