Tag Archive | "bbc"
Comfort Television
There are a few shows that the BBC makes which I have always found curiously compelling, even though, on the surface, they have very little to recommend them. These are the shows that I will watch when there’s nothing else on, or when I have to do the ironing, or when I can’t quite be [...]
Continue reading...The BBC Looks For Its One and Only
Thursday, January 24, 2008
When Marcia asked me to watch and review the BBC’s latest Saturday evening entertainment offering, The One and Only, I was fairly sure I was in for another relentlessly dull, cringingly awkward cheese-fest in the Strictly Come Dancing tradition. But, I was only half right. Cheesy? Yes. Cringingly awkward? Oh my yes. But relentlessly dull? [...]
Continue reading...Torchwood: Welcome back, Captain Jack
Thursday, January 17, 2008
The season premiere of Torchwood on BBC2 posed the question everyone has asked from time to time: what happens when fandoms collide in the presence of alien tech, emotional whining and anthropomorphic blowfish? The answer, fortunately, is a pretty good time. In season 1, Torchwood could be rather erratic in terms of quality, but gosh darn [...]
Continue reading...The BBC Shows Some Sense & Sensibility
Thursday, January 10, 2008
I am starting to think that the BBC really needs to get laid. The poor channel doesn’t seem able to think of anything but sex these days. From the gratuitous sex of Torchwood (gay sex! sex in the bathroom! sex with aliens!) to the recent choreographed orgies of Fanny Hill, the Beeb seems overcome by [...]
Continue reading...Dancing Queens: Ballet Shoes on the BBC
Thursday, January 3, 2008
You can normally rely on the BBC to put on something special over Christmas. This year their offerings included a Dr. Who special featuring Kylie Minogue, a Top Gear special interview with Evel Knievel, and a brand new episode of the really quite lovely Robbie The Reindeer. And all of this on top of The [...]
Continue reading...Doctor Who and The Amazing Adventure of the Wooden Sidekick
Monday, December 31, 2007
Pop Vultures is happy to welcome Anna Carey to the fold. Among other things, she will be handling Doctor Who throughout its upcoming 4th season run on this side of the Atlantic. She kicks things off with a look at this year’s Christmas special, a heart-warming tale of a woman who can’t move her face [...]
Continue reading...It’s Christmas Time on the Telly
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
This is the first time in three years that I’ve returned home for Christmas. The previous two years I spent with a family in Cornwall, celebrating Christmas the UK way. Now, you would expect the food to be a bit different, and it was. The British menu is far more likely to include cabbage and Christmas [...]
Continue reading...Quizzing It Up With the BBC
Thursday, December 20, 2007
It is my contention that nobody does the satirical panel quiz show quite like the BBC. And to support my argument, I would like to draw your attention to Have I Got News For You and QI. Have I Got News For You has been running for so long that I remember a time when I [...]
Continue reading...Intelligent Life On Mars
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Right now, I’m a wee bit jealous of those living in America. Starting tonight, they get to experience the second series of Life On Mars for the very first time. It’s rare that I can look at a series of television and marvel at its perfection. U.S. shows, in particular, with their 22-episode seasons, usually have [...]
Continue reading...The Queen Is Workin’ For a Livin’
Thursday, December 6, 2007
I’m not one of those Brits who hates the Queen and thinks she’s a waste of good tax revenue. I reckon as heads of state go, we could do a lot worse than a kindly but intelligent old lady who is universally loved and recognised the world over. Nevertheless, I do find that when the [...]
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Latest Videos
Supernatural returns this Thursday, and about damn time, too.
The BBC has released the first trailer for Merlin, the 13-episode retelling of the famous fantasy saga. The series will also air on NBC this winter.
Kristen Chenoweth uses the power of song to explain exactly why crystal meth is a bad thing. Some NSFW language.
Heroes returns September 22, and it looks awfully shiny and pretty. I’m looking forward to giving it another chance, even with Sylar still in play. Stupid Sylar.
PV's TV 
Wednesday’s top picks:
Pushing Daisies visits the circus on tonight’s episode, all but guaranteeing a visual feast. ABC, 9:00
On tonight’s Bones, Brennan and Booth solve a murder. Never saw that coming, did ya? FOX, 8:00
At long last, Project Runway heads to the finale. I’m watching this, then I’m done with this show. DONE, I tell you. Bravo, 9:00
I should be done with America’s Next Top Model. I would like to respect myself again. And yet, I can’t seem to look away. CW, 8:00
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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