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...
The BBC have confirmed the welcome return of comedy The Wrong Mans from James Corden and Matthew Baynton Having earned their status as hometown heroes in the first series, Sam (Mathew Baynton) and Phil (James Corden) are blasted back to zero again. Now 4,000...
Filming has recently started on the second series of the In-House produced BBC Two and Hulu’s critically acclaimed comedy The Wrong Mans, created by and starring BAFTA and Tony Award-winning actor James Corden (One Man Two Guvnors, Gavin & Stacey, The History...
As well as being Easter Sunday, today marks the fiftieth anniversary of BBC Two which broadcast its opening night on the 20th April 1964. Although said opening night was plagued with problems BBC Two has since gone on to produce some of the nation's most loved...
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...
BBC2's action comedy The Wrong Mans was the biggest BBC2 comedy launch since Extras back in 2005. The opening episode of the action packed comedy peaked at 3.4m. The series, written by and starring Matthew Baynton and James Corden follows the twisted tale of two...
In our latest podcast we discuss whether the X Factor Bootcamp is cruel, new Channel 4 comedy London Irish and the final ever episode of The IT Crowd.
Welcome to yet another look back at the last seven days of TV Highlights. It's starting to feel very autumnal and both ITV and BBC have presented us with their dramas which they hope will win Sunday night audiences. ITV have backed a known commodity in Downton Abbey,...
Well - there you have it. The dust has settled on the first episode of James Corden and Mat Baynton’s new comedy The Wrong Mans (sorry, I can’t do the ‘s’ in smaller type) and I’m still trying to soak it all up. Talk about a rollercoaster opener! Baynton heads the...
Let's begin with something that will shock you to your very core. Ready? It’s a somewhat shameful admission, but I never saw Gavin & Stacey. Not one episode. So, while I was aware of the swirl of media attention surrounding bright young thing James Corden, I never...
The first series of Wild West didn’t exactly receive a storm of critical acclaim, but some decent ratings, plus (probably) the clout of writer Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly) and star Dawn French, won it a second series. So far, it’s looking as if it deserves it -...