Casualty 1907, BBC1Phew what a scorcher. "A hot May makes for a fat churchyard," Sister Russell quipped as the poor lil mites of the East End withered in a heatwave, teen tearaway Nobby Clarke (Alfie Allen) returned with the liver of a 45-year-old man (his own), a...
What we watched
The Surgery, BBC2Dreadful youth programme with the unremarkable Jeff Leach appearing as the trendy version of Kilroy in a yawnsome discussion on dating. Harry Hill's TV Burp, ITV1 ...and we have shock news. We were unimpressed by two items (the Heartbeat shaving foam...
Desperate Housewives, Channel 4
Did we like it? Series four opened with an action-packed, entertaining episode. Keep it up, girls. What was good about it? • The intricate weaving of high drama and black comedy is still being carried out with a deft touch. • There's a new bitch in town. We fell in...
Desperate Housewives, Channel 4
Did we like it? With some great new twists, life in Wisteria Lane is as entertaining as it ever was. Set six months on from the rather lacklustre series two, there have been some great developments and we're sure this is going to be the best ever series. What was good...
Desperate Housewives Series 2, Channel 4
Desperate Housewives, Channel 4, Wednesday 18 January 2006 Top 10 highlights 1 – The bitchy fighting between icy-calm widow Bree Van De Kamp and Rex's overbearing, overwrought mother Phyllis, culminating at the funeral when Bree replaced the orange school tie Phyllis...
Desperate Housewives Series 1, Channel 4
Debut Wednesday 5 January 2005 US drama series about a group of four wealthy mums living on Wisteria Lane, a suburban cul-de-sac, who seem to lead idyllic lives but are really harbouring dark secrets. The satirical stories are observed by Mary Alice Scott, one of the...

