I swear I’ll never mature as year after year I’m sucked into Big Brother, both irritated and strangely fascinated. Here’s my view of the 16 non housemates. Freddie - This posh lad who has a strange obsession with furry hats is by no means the most irritating of the,...
Now I don’t know whose to blame for the lack of really decent comedies on TV of late. Of course there are a few exceptions namely The Inbetweeners, Outnumbered, The IT Crowd, Peep Show and the cruelly axed BBC1 sitcom Not Going Out but where are the gems? Perhaps its...
The Children, ITV1 Are you one of those people who thinks there isn’t enough blood gurgling screams and mutilation scenes on TV nowadays? Well all your prayers for gruesome brutal scenes have been answered. ITV’s Wire in the Blood is back with Robson Green as Tony...
The summer is great isn’t it. Sunshine, ice cream and barbecues with the neighbours! What’s it is not so good for is TV, hence things have been less than hot on the reviewing front for me of late. Now (prepare the trumpets) I’m back and so are Ant and Dec! The Brits...
I am man, hear me ROAR! I might not really enjoy my football or grunt a lot but I am a man. The reason I felt it necessary to bring this up is that I do have a secret love which this week I’m forced to share with you. I, a man of 24, quite enjoy the programmes of...
I sit here completely ashamed. Since September 2007, I've been fooling myself that I could abstain Big Brother. When last year’s below par effort finished, I swore to myself I would not bother with series nine. Flash forward nine months and here I am, feeling slightly...
It's fair to say we’ve had a bit of a Gordon Ramsay overload in recent years but the man normally produces TV gold. The US version of Kitchen Nightmares is always good viewing but I’ve always struggled to decide if I only watch The F Word for its Ramsayness. The...
This column was delayed because I was out living life! Yes I do have one. I attended my sister’s college graduation. We started off with great emotion and enthusiasm but after her name was called and she walked across the stage, there were still more than 200 names to...
The Invisibles Ewww! I wouldn’t say I shock easy. TV has helped to desensitise me over the years. I can’t bare watching people being sick on or off screen. But I spent the majority of Monday’s Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies cringing. We got to meet a woman with what...
I’ve not watched the BAFTA TV awards for a while. Have they always said “and the Bafta is awarded to” instead of “and the Bafta goes to”? I have to say the majority of the winners were deserving. Not quite sure how Holby City bagged the best continuing drama (a soap...
I’ve been writing this column since January and I didn’t expect you to lose complete respect and faith in me this early but brace yourselves its about to happen! I guess I shouldn’t beat around the bush anymore so here goes ……….I…….I…I quite enjoyed Friday’s My...
Amazingly the US is still quite low on new shows following the virtually crippling writers' strike. Don’t worry, though, because MTV has come to the rescue. It’s a completely new concept that I reckon could change the face of television as we know it. Basically it’s a...
Yay! Echo Beach has finished! In its place comes comedy - the return of the surprise hit from last year, Benidorm, and new-on-TV-previously-on-Radio 4 show, Teenage Kicks, from Adrian Edmondson. For some reason, some folks here at thecustard.tv don’t enjoy Benidorm so...
I Know My Kid’s a Star You’ll be happy to know I’ve found my perfect job in television. One that will guarantee me some screen time on one of the BBC’s biggest reality series but with only the one crucial line to remember. That’s right, I want to take over from...
Last week I was lucky enough to speak to actress and Gavin & Stacey writer Ruth Jones. The series which premiered on BBC3 last year has become a favourite of mine. The series scooped Ruth and writing partner James Corden the best comedy newcomer and best new TV...
Rock Rivals ITV is in complete disarray. Its primetime schedule has been far from impressive this year with Trial & Retribution being the only 9pm drama worth watching. So you can imagine I went into the highly promoted Rock Rivals with some scepticism. Normally I...
Love Soup The Bad Hat Bandit is no longer the best/worst story I've seen on our local TV news programme. This week, the news excelled itself with a report on a middle-aged man who had gone into a shoe shop, stolen some new trainers and returned a few hours later to...
That Mitchell & Webb Look Why do I watch The Brits every year? It makes no difference to me who wins. And I know the host will be annoying. But there's always the hope that this year will be better or something amazingly awful will happen. Mika opened the show...
The Last Enemy Ok confession time, I’m 24. I’m still down with the kids. I know all the shizzle me nizzle and Snoop Doggy Dog and all that malarkey so why can’t get I into E4’s Skins and does this make me immediately un-cool? Should I settle back with a good book and...
Messiah V: The Rapture Do you remember when you were a child and you wanted something really badly? It was all you could think about and you'd imagine what it would be like when you had it. Then the day came when your parents bought it and although all your dreams...
Shameless What weird jobs some people have. On our local news the other night there was the usual story about a man who had robbed a bank. They had nicknamed him the Bad Hat Bandit. He is on the run, but rather than focus on the crime he had committed, our local...
Mistresses So, the first week of 2008. I was intrigued by how Moving Wallpaper/Echo Beach would work and looking forward to series such as Mistresses and Honest but, along the way, I was bombarded with sweaty men with long foam poles, Robson Green in Texas and Donald...