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Food, Fools and Freud: Taste of My Life
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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday Tidbits: BBC Edition
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The BBC has picked up Being Human for a full series. Although it won’t air until 2009, it’s good to know that a show about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost sharing a flat will get a second chance. If we’re really lucky, they’ll expand to include a witch and a troll and create [...]
Continue reading...Ood Have Thought It? [Doctor Who]
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Doctor Who, S04 E03: Planet of the Ood This week: The Doctor and Donna leave Earth behind to visit the Planet of the Ood, where they uncover lots of creatures in need of saving. Also, Catherine Tate is becoming the heart of Doctor Who. much to my surprise. Recap and spoilers after the jump.
Continue reading...Stephen Fry Presses On
Thursday, April 24, 2008
It is no secret that I am rather a lot in love with Stephen Fry. Basically, I want to have his erudite, sarcastic babies. Naturally, I was thrilled to find he has been branching out from hosting QI to present a documentary series about the Gutenberg printing press. The Gutenberg press, in case you don’t know, [...]
Continue reading...Examining The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Thursday, March 27, 2008
I was working in a bookshop when The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith was first published, and I remember that there was some debate over whether we should shelve it in the crime fiction section or not. It did, after all, purport to be about a detective agency. But the jacket design [...]
Continue reading...Doing Anything on the BBC
Thursday, March 20, 2008
I’m not sure that anyone does a cheesy reality show quite like the British. Sure, the US may have mastered such competitive fare as Survivor or The Amazing Race, but when we want some tongue-in-cheek fun, we know which nation to turn to for inspiration. After all, the nation that gave us Pop Idol and [...]
Continue reading...What Not to Watch: Lily Allen and Friends
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Before I say anything else about Lily Allen and Friends, the flagship show of BBC 3’s new lineup, in the interests of full disclosure I must declare: I am 27, and this show makes me feel old. It is just possible this may have coloured my opinion of the programme somewhat. First of all, it’s presented [...]
Continue reading...Werewolves, Vampires and Ghosts, Oh My
Thursday, February 28, 2008
It seems that the BBC has adopted the American practice of making pilots of its new dramas before going on to produce a full series. One such pilot currently being shown on the new and fabulous BBC iPlayer (sadly not available to those reading outside the UK) is begging to be picked up for [...]
Continue reading...How the BBC Killed a Nation’s Sex Drive
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Remember, if you will, the most excruciatingly embarrassing experience you’ve ever had in your life. I know, I’m sorry to put you through this, but I’m trying to illustrate a point here. Are you doing it? Are you cringing right now? Well, just wait, because I promise you, the TV show I’m about to tell [...]
Continue reading...Our Radio Is Better Than Yours
Thursday, February 7, 2008
There are many (many, many) things that America does better than Britain: peanut-butter-based candies, Halloween, breakfast foods, and Target, to name but a few. But you know what? We’ve got you colonials beat when it comes to radio. And, unlike all the other BBC programming I chunter on about, I am delighted to tell you [...]
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