This year the BBC turns 100. Fundamental to Britain and funded by licence fee payers, the BBC has garnered a worldwide reputation for quality. For this special post highlighting the highlights of the corporation's massive contribution to television, I've decided to...
BBC/Hat Trick/Colin Hutton When Outnumbered returned a few weeks ago cynicism and scepticism was rive. I'll admit before we go any further that I was one of those sceptics. I didn't see how it would work now that those adorable kids have sprouted hormones. The opening...
In a special podcast for Valentines, we discuss the returns of Outnumbered, George Gently, DCI Banks and Channel 4's new police comedy Babylon.
The cast of Outnumbered The term “family comedy” has taken a beating in recent years. Its almost become a dirty phrase. Oh its not a family sitcom is it? I prefer my comedy a little more highbrow. A comedy about family life should be one of the easiest things to pull...
Did we like it? We enjoyed the deserved return of the family sitcom starring Hugh Dennis (hard to warm to) and Claire Skinner (impossible not to warm to). What was good about it? • Comedies in which kids say the "funniest things" are usually cute and cuddly, the three...