When it came time to compile our Best of the Year piece two things struck me. The first was that wasn't one BIG show that resonated with people in the same way Normal People and I May Destroy You did in 2020 or It's a Sin and Mare of Easttown last year. The second was...
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...
An all-female central cast, a tricksy timeline narrative involving the abusive husband of one of the characters being murdered, all of which is set in a middle-class community where everyone knows each other’s name and secrets are hard to keep. On paper, this might...
Sharon Horgan’s first series for Apple TV+, an adaptation of the Belgian version of Clan, will be titled Bad Sisters. Horgan will co-write and co-exec and star in the ten-part darkly comic series. Also confirmed are Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless, The Sailsbury...
What to say if you liked it A superbly scholarly satire about the pernicious planet of PR. What to say if you didn’t like it A conceited, esoteric facsimile of Yes Minister populated by monstrous mannequins. What was good about it? • The razor-sharp dialogue you could...
How many items on Monkey Dust were funny? • TV controller gets excited about the suggestion of Dead Celebrity Cam inside George Harrison's coffin, presented by Trevor McDonald and Jade from Big Brother. Funny • After seeing an alien invasion, a man forgets to...