Ben (Samuel Bottomley) loves Lill (Lara Ricote). Everyone in their friend group knows that. Ben's parents, Deb (Lucy Black) and Alan (John Thompson), love them both, taking Lil into their house so that Ben can work and save up money for their big move from Ben's...
Colin From Accounts began the most awkward meet-cute and turned into one of television's best love stories. When this decade is over, this warm-hearted and brilliantly funny Australian comedy deserves to be remembered as one of the best comedies of its...
Sharpe created, wrote and will direct the series, being produced by 'Black Doves' production company Sister. Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri are set to unite in the new rom-com series “Prodigies” for Apple TV+ .Described in the synopsis as an “unusual take” on a classic...
It’s hard to believe that, in the realm of greatest love stories told by the BBC - alongside Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, and Fleabag and the Hot Priest - we have a Welsh truck driver/sometime bouncer and a dodgy Essex plumber who never kiss, yet that’s what Gavin...
On the heels of the second season premiere of “Shrinking,” Apple TV+ today announced that the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-nominated comedy has landed a renewal for season three. Co-created by Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, the first two episodes...
It feels like forever since therapy-based comedy drama Shrinking landed on Apple+, so I have to ask, “First of all, are you okay?” Because even if you’re not, don’t worry, Shrinking season 2 is upon us and it’s going to make it all better. The charming...
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...
After a week or so away it's time to look at what TV has offered us in the past few weeks We start with a drama that you would have at least heard something about unless you've been living under a rock for the last month or so. Sky Atlantic's Fortitude has been...
Channel 4 have announced that the third series of the wonderful My Mad Fat Diary is to be its last. Consisting of three hour-long episodes; the final series will move the action to 1998 where Rae (Sharon Rooney) and her gang are about to embark on the biggest summer...
In our latest podcast we praise Channel 4's new comedy Catastrophe and wonder whether new drama Cucumber was too explicit.
My expectations for comedy is at an all time low, it has been for a while. I sit bemused and a tiny bit infuriated by the unfathomable popularity of Mrs Brown's Boys and Miranda which lead me to grimace rather than smile. I suppose the last time I laughed at loud at a...
Right off the bat, HBO’s fantastic new light-drama Togetherness from The League‘s Mark Duplass and his brother Jay Duplass feels familiar, that is if you’re a fan of FX’s great comedy Married with Nat Faxon about a thirtysomething married couple in Los Angeles...
So we've done it! We've reached the end of the year. 2014 wasn't as packed as last year, but when it was good, it was very good indeed. Sherlock - Series 3 (January 2014, BBC1) 2014 began with one of the most anticipated returns in a long time when we all sat round to...
Hello folks and welcome back to another look at what last week's TV had to offer us. In my last Matt on the Box I was complaining about the over-abundance of crime drama on ITV, citing Lewis and Grantchester as examples. I suppose I should be grateful then that the...
Hello friends, welcome once again to a look back at the week's TV in which the battle lines were once again drawn between BBC One and ITV's two Saturday night entertainment Goliaths. In the glittery corner we had Strictly Come Dancing; which returned properly on...
Channel 4 have commissioned Pulling's Sharon Horgan and American comedian Rob Delaney to co-write and star in a new sitcom called Catastrophe. The six part series follows an Irish Woman and an American man who make a bloody mess as they struggle to fall in love in...
Vincent Franklin, Cyril Nri, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Freddie Fox, Fisayo Akinade, Con O’Neill, James Murray and Ceallach Spellman confirmed to star in Cucumber and Banana on Channel 4 and E4. Star of The Thick of It and Twenty Twelve, Vincent Franklin will join Coronation...
Back, and a little later than usual, this week's Matt on the Box will be focusing on the first two episodes of one of ITV's classiest dramas. The drama in question is the brilliant Endeavour which has aired two of the four episodes that comprise this second...
Welcome back to a week of TV that felt very nostalgic and old-fashioned apart from one show that made me realise how out-of-touch I actually am. We start with a show that is set during my early teenage years, 1996, as we witness the welcome return of My Mad Fat Diary....
The first series of the E4 comedy-drama, My Mad Fat Diary was an unexpected pleasure. Anchored by a sledgehammer emotional performance from Sharon Rooney and with the delightful Claire Rushbrook and Ian Hart providing support, it was just a joy to watch. Painful,...
E4 have released a first look trailer for the return of My Mad Fat Diary. Series two kicks off at the hazy end of the long hot summer of 1996, just after Rae has finally revealed the truth about her mental health to her gang of friends and shared that moment with...
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 our latest podcast we moan about The X Factor, slightly tire of I'm a Celebrity and praise the return of Him & Her!
Danny Cohen, Controller of BBC One and Shane Allen, Controller, Comedy Commissioning have commissioned a 6 x 30-minute sitcom from Peter Kay called Car Share. This is the first Peter Kay sitcom for BBC One and will premiere on BBC iPlayer. Created by Tim Reid and Paul...