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...
Production begins on ‘Still Open All Hours’
The BBC have announced production has started on the first series of Still Open All Hours. The show sees Sir David Jason reprise his role as Granville, running the corner shop with his son Leroy (James Baxter). We follow Granville’s antics as he comes up with...
Still Open All Hours gets full series: A good Idea?
So it has been confirmed that the BBC have given Still Open All Hours a full six-episode run. The series, which was revived for an early evening slot on Boxing Day pulled some of the biggest ratings over the festive period. In many respects you can't blame the BBC for...
Matt on the Box: Christmas Comedy Special – Still Open All Hours, Gangsta Granny, Not Going Out, Bluestone 42, Man Down, Trollied, Vicious and Mrs Brown’s Boys
So much has happened in the last four days that I've had to split my TV review pieces into two separate articles with this first post covering the funnier aspects of the Christmas week. Though I have to preface this piece by saying that not all of what I saw made me...
The Hogfather, Sky One
Did we like it? An enjoyable romp in the imaginative Discworld of Terry Pratchett slightly marred by being overlong. What was good about it? • Going against the grain of the tortuous nature of much of the opening episode, the characters were all quickly established...




