So unbelievably we've reached that point again when we look back fondly on the last twelve months of television and celebrate the best. Ripper Street (January 2013, BBC1) This series wasn't what a lot of viewers were expecting when they settled down on a dark Sunday...
In a longer podcast than most can cope with, we discuss the gripping finale of What Remains, lacklustre BBC1 By Any Means and the return of The Fried Chicken Shop. We also get a little hot under the collar when discussing Channel 4's Sex Season.
Welcome to a look back at a week in which not a lot happened in TV-land apart from the conclusion of two gripping murder mystery dramas. But we start with the latest Channel 4 observational documentary, as the cameras return to The Fried Chicken Shop. Rooster's Spot...
For the first podcast to feature the complete TV loving trio for ages we discuss The Edinburgh TV Festival, our love for the Mel & Sue and new BBC1 drama What Remains.
Welcome back to this much more punctual look at the week's TV, in what can only be described as a crime special. First up we have What Remains, a programme centring around the look for the killer of a young woman found murdered in the attic of the share house in which...
In this special podcast I chat with writer Tony Basgallop about his current BBC1 drama serial What Remains. Basgallop talks about the inspiration behind the drama, why he has stayed away from the crime genre and re-writing last year's BBC1 drama Inside Men for...
I have a confession to make. I know I'm supposed to be a TV critic but I will confess to you here and now that for the last ten Sunday evenings I have avoided the 9pm slot on BBC One. I knew from the off that historical fantasy drama The White Queen would not be my...
Did we like it? Even though we feel like as though we’ve feasted to the point of gluttony on the lavish historical regal dramas to the point when they will become hunted to extinction in the grand forests of TV, this was a well-acted, well-paced drama. And while a few...
What's it all about? Blackpool impresario Ripley Holden opens up a new casino on the seafront, but his joy is tempered by the discovery of a body on the premises. What to say if you liked it An unusual drama populated by bizarre characters with a conventional setting,...
If the BBC took advertising, then Clocking Off would be sponsored by the Ford Transit. Like Cold Feet, it is also set in Manchester, but this time recognisably so since everyone talks with a Northern accent, lives in a terrace near the City of Manchester Stadium and...
Remember Bob Martin? Michael Barrymore played a game show host. A little bit of critical acclaim. A lot of audience indifference. Its creators Bob Mills (the guy who did the fantastic In Bed With MeDinner years ago) and Jeff Pope have bounced back from that flop to...