You could be forgiven for assuming that Matt Berry is just a man who has made a career out of saying things in a funny voice. Although it was Channel 4’s The IT Crowd that […]
The Missing is raw, uncompromising and utterly human
With autumn setting in, and the cold pushing us closer into the warm embrace of our trusty TV screens, BBC1’s The Missing is just what the doctor ordered – a sadistic doctor with a penchant […]
Freeview Flicks of the Week: Seven Pounds, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we lose friends and alienate people, retire to India and track down a murderer by tattoos. MONDAY – Casablanca (Film4 17:10) 1942’s Casablanca […]
American Horror Story mixes horror, black humour and social commentary in new series
American Horror Story’s fourth season, Freak Show, will be the last to feature actress Jessica Lange, who has played a major part in the series since its premiere in 2011. While her departure will be […]
Is the Big Bang Theory back with a bang?
Back With a Bang? When Friends was taken off E4 back in 2011, who would have guessed that a quirky American comedy that centres around the lives of a group of young physicists would take […]
“Not everyone likes it and that’s okay” – An Interview With Cardinal Burns
Currently on a national tour off the back of the success of the second series of their hit sketch show . We caught up with Dustin Demri-Burns – one half of comedy duo Cardinal Burns – while […]
The Apprentice: You’re f-amous!
The twenty boisterous candidates of this year’s The Apprentice made their television debut a couple of weeks ago, showcasing their business aptitude and proving themselves as a profitable investment for Lord Sugar. However, with drama […]
Freeview Flicks of the Week: Drive, Footloose and The Cabin in the Woods
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we cut loose and get spooked by ghosts! TUESDAY – Secrets and Lies (Film4 01:00) Mike Leigh is one of Britain’s favourite directors, […]
TV | Black and white comedy: separate, but equal?
We have a habit in this country of liking to believe that we don’t have a racism problem. We don’t like to talk about it. It comes from that deep part of our cultural subconscious […]
TV | The Knick is slick, and gloriously gory
Think Call The Midwife with cocaine, suicide, racism, blood – lots of blood – and just a touch of moral ambiguity. Okay, so Call The Midwife might not be the most apt comparison to The […]
TV | The Not-so-Great Fire of London
The fact that there’s never been a TV series about the Great Fire of London is surprising given how dramatic an event it was. However, it seems ITV were so convinced that novelty factor alone […]
TV | The Apprentice has returned, and Lord Alan isn’t holding back
Boardroom battles, power struggles and too many high ego business professionals to count. Yes, The Apprentice is back on our screens for its tenth series, and it didn’t disappoint. It may be argued that the […]