The premise of Sugar Free Farm had potential. Take six celebrities (albeit Z-list ones), place them on a traditional English working farm, deprive them of sugar for two weeks and teach them how to eat […]
Women Behind Bars: Why does the justice system favour women?
ITV3 have allowed us to accompany Trevor McDonald as he enters two of America’s secure female correctional facilities. In the first of two episodes, Women Behind Bars explores the lives of some of America’s most […]
End of an Era: Downton Abbey
I can’t imagine there are many TV programmes that would have three generations of my family eagerly anticipating Christmas day. Admittedly, it’s not one of my most shouted about guilty pleasures, because at what point […]
Prey: Flat and feeble?
Crime-thriller Prey is back for a second three-part series on ITV. With a brand new cast and plot, do not fear if you didn’t tune in for series one. Set in Manchester, the first episode […]
Mr Selfridge: the beginning of the end
Jeremy Piven reprises his role as charismatic American-born British entrepreneur Harry Gordon Selfridge, founder of the Oxford Street Department store. Whilst the first two series focused on the glitz and glamour, this third series sees […]
Broadchurch series 2: Can it possibly be as good as the last?
After nearly two years of waiting, last Monday saw Broadchurch return to our screens. The question on everybody’s lips: What on earth is it going to be about? ITV’s carefully produced advertising strategy gave nothing […]
‘Dapper Laughs’ tour cancelled on the back of student momentum
Leeds University Union’s Socialist Studentd found themselves at the forefront of popular opinion as it was announced that the UK Tour of ITV2’s controversial presenter, Daniel O’Reilly, has been cancelled. Mary Finch, the coordinator of […]
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 | Dapper Laughs puts absolute plonker on mainstream screens
When Dapper Laughs was first described to me as a misogynistic, out dated, highly criticised TV personality, my preconceived idea of what the show would be like went along the lines of something only available […]
TV | Prey – An ITV drama that finally begins to live up to Broadchurch
Breaking out of a police van, jumping over and under fences and leading the police on a wild goose chase whilst single-handedly running a murder investigation. DI Marcus Farrow (John Simm) is fighting to prove […]
TV | The X Factor – Are the votes finally in?
X Factor has dominated the Saturday night prime time slot since what feels like the beginning of time, but it may finally be coming to the end of its long reign, as Simon Cowell takes […]
TV | BBC vs ITV – The big debate
Late in 2013, a Chinese newspaper, the Global Times, ran an editorial saying that Britain was “no longer any kind of ‘big country’, but merely a country of old Europe suitable for tourism and overseas […]