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...
It's that time of year again, here's our look at the best shows of 2015! Last Tango in Halifax (December 2014 - February 2015, BBC1) A fixture on our best of the year list since it began in 2012, Last Tango in Halifax proved once again to be one of the best dramas on...
We seem to be slipping into that part of the year where debuting programmes are short on the ground, so this week's Matt on the Box focuses on a couple of shows that came to an end this week. We start with possibly on one of the most successful TV programmes of the...
BBC One have confirmed that Sally Wainwright's drama Last Tango in Halifax has been given a fourth series. The news was broken on BBC One's Twitter account just after the final episode of series three had aired with the tweet reading, "We're delighted to confirm that...
In our latest podcast we praise Channel 4's Cyberbully and Last Tango in Halifax. Wonder why Get Your Act Together even happened and grow tiered of Broadchurch.
In this week's podcast we shower praise on Last Tango in Halifax, wonder what's happened to Broadchurch and struggle with Crims.
Happy New Year one and all and welcome to the first Matt on the Box looking at the major shows that have debuted so far in 2014. As both Broadchurch and Celebrity Big Brother have already been covered in some depth on the site they won't be included in this article...
After receiving praise from viewers and critics alike, Sally Wainwright's Last Tango in Halifax returns to BBC One on Sunday. The third series catches up with newly married Alan and Celia as Alan's daughter Gillian heads out on a date with a mystery man and Celia's...
The BBC have released the trailer for the upcoming third series of Sally Wainwright's Last Tango in Halifax, The third series, which picks up a few months on from Alan and Celia's Christmas wedding and sees Alan's daughter Gillian heading out on a date with a new man...
Just before the second series finale airs tonight on BBC One at 9pm, it has been confirmed today that Last Tango in Halifax will return for a third series in 2014. The series has achieved its highest ever rating so far during it second run pulling in 7.6 million...
In our last proper podcast of 2013 we discuss the not so welcome returns of Splash! and The Voice. We also praise Last Tango in Halifax and prove that Matt is the only one of the trio to watch telly.
The BBC have released the trailer for the highly anticipated second series of BAFTA award winning drama Last Tango in Halifax The second series picks up straight from where the first left of with Ceila by Alan's bedside following his heart attack. As the two...
So here we are at the end of another week in TV. This week's big news was the fact that ITV were placing two new sitcoms in the primetime slot previously occupied by Broadchurch. This was considered a bold move by most as Monday night is traditionally reserved for...
In the latest podcast we discuss ITV's new comedy Monday Vicious and The Job Lot. David Tennant in The Politician's Husband and Matt's been to another screening.
When The Royle Family started in 1998 it was quoted with changing the face of British comedy. The single camera series based entirely in a living room, with no 'jokes' was an unknown quantity in a time where our first taste of auto-tune came from Cher's Believe....
This time year I sat in a very different office, and oddly in a very different country pondering on what I'd enjoyed most in 2011. 365 days later (roughly) it's time to sit and ponder again on my personal highlights of a packed TV year. I knew before I compiled 2012...
Believe it or not it was July when I woke up early on a weekday morning and sauntered across London to a swanky Hotel to preview the opening episode of BBC1’s “comedy drama” Last Tango in Halifax. The six-part series, written by Sally Wainwright and loosely based on...