This sitcom and its main character have one thing in common; no one wants to keep seeing them each week. Stephen Merchant’s first solo endeavour has just launched on HBO but Hello Ladies seems to […]
TV | Boxset Essentials – Sex and the City
Best for when you are feeling bad about your own love life… Before I had ever viewed a single episode of Sex and the City, I had a preconceived idea of what it was all about; four […]
TV | Homeland
It’s become a bit of an accepted view amongst most critics that Homeland has lost its edge. The first season’s excellence is universally acknowledged but many criticise the second season for shedding the veil of […]
TV | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Being the small screen spin off of one of the biggest films of all time, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD had a lot to live up to. And with god of nerds and fans, Joss Whedon […]
TV | Gogglebox
“Have you seen Gogglebox?” You ask your friends. “No, what is it?” And then you brace yourself, because now you have to explain the concept that invariably makes people think that the world is ending […]
TV | The Face
Sky Living’s new competitive modelling show The Face emerges as the answer to the world’s apparent demand for a terrifying TV hybrid; think America’s Next Top Model cross pollinated with The Voice. The show’s premise […]
TV | Educating Yorkshire
Most of us were probably at school not too long ago and it’s hard to imagine why any of us would want to watch a fly on the wall documentary about those days. Moments into […]
TV | Breaking Bad – A Retrospective
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE SERIES FINALE OF BREAKING BAD It’s over. I’m not sure how it happened and honestly I’m still struggling to come to terms with it, but my friends are reassuringly patting me […]
TV | Peaky Blinders
There was a happier time, in the floppy-fringed days of the Nineties, when the mighty British gangster flicks roamed the box offices, gorging themselves on Generation X’s power fantasies, enriching an entire class of Cockney […]
TV | The IT Crowd – The Final Episode
Since its last appearance on our television screens, the IT Crowd’s three main actors have seen their careers reach unprecedented levels of recognition. Richard Ayoade (Moss), Chris O’ Dowd (Roy) and Katherine Parkinson (Jen) having […]
Comment | The Problem with Girls
Television is a powerful medium. It has just as much potential and power as literature and art to recreate and re-imagine certain concepts, concepts which time has shown to be problematic. TV writers can utilise […]
TV | I (don't) Love My Country
It’s Saturday night. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade has just ended but you’re not ready to give up on a night of easy viewing television. You turn over to the BBC and find I […]