In the midst of a winter war of ratings Channel 4 has thrown a grenade amidst the hoard of unimaginative bile suffocating our viewing with Utopia. Josh Taylor runs from television bakery into […]
What's On: Peep Show
Peep Show‘s eighth series makes it the longest running sitcom on Channel Four, but is that a good thing, asks Jennie Pritchard? I am of the opinion that in the UK, the longer a […]
The Interview: Rick Edwards
“Fame Is Ephemeral” T4 prodigy Rick Edwards talks vanity, fickle fame and celebrity comedy with Lucy Holden over coffee in Kentish Town. Rick Edwards drinks black coffee and has a sweetly formal handshake. “Hello, I’m […]
What's On: Homeland
Intelligentsia: Claire Danes as Carrie Matheson in Homeland. Image: Channel Four. Caitlin Williams watches the start of US thriller, Homeland’s, second series, with baited breath. The start of the second season of Homeland […]
What's On: Has great British TV comedy had its day?
Tamsin Greig and Mark Heap in Friday Night Dinner. Image: Channel Four. Isobel Miller looks at the changing face of comedy this week and asks, is anything on TV really that funny anymore? […]
What's On: Hotel GB
“If Channel Four had a hotel…” The thought has probably never crossed your mind. Well guess what? Now they’ve got one: and they’ve created a monster says Josh Taylor. Promising to be ‘big, bold, multi-layered […]
What's On: Drugs Live: The Ecstasy Trial
Jess Owen tunes in to Channel Four’s latest live offering this week to see if Drugs Live can possibly be all it is cracked up to be. Trust zany Channel Four to initiate the (self-professed) […]