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...
You can’t beat a catchy slogan. ‘MI5, Not 9-to-5’ exclaimed the trailers and advertising promotion for a new BBC spy drama that promised to bring slick intelligent thrills to prime time British television. Brilliantly produced teaser trailers dotted the BBC for weeks...
What to say if you liked it An inspired idea – setting The Scottish Play in the kitchen of stylish restaurant where the chef Macbeth puts in all the hard work (making pig's brain edible etc) while the owner Duncan takes all the credit (and the three Michelin stars)....
What was it about? Relocation, relocation in the 19th century. Nice Hampshire family moves up North. What to say if you liked it. Another superb adaptation of an Elizabeth Gaskell novel. Only the Beeb can do this stuff as well as this. What to say if you didn’t like...
Trailers can be terribly misleading. The ones for Between The Sheets made it seem like a raunchier version of Saturday’s slickly predictable Single, which was a good reason not to bother watching it. In fact, it turned out to be a less slapstick version of At Home...
It’s the quiet ones you’ve got to watch – or at least someone seems to be watching, since six million of us have apparently been tuning into Ultimate Force, ITV’s oddly low-key, high-action SAS drama led by ex-EastEnder Ross Kemp. The show is basically a remake of...