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...
Gary takes down his TV Diary we review, Capital, The Apprentice and stunning Nordic Noir The Bridge returns for a third series!
Hi folks, as we're are in the run up to Christmas it appears that TV highlights are thin on the ground however I've managed to scrape together three rather big and incredibly diverse shows to talk about this week. We kick off with BBC One's latest drama Capital which...
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...
In a recent interview, writer, director and star Mackenzie Crook said he doesn't like his comedy The Detectorists being described as gentle. That's a bit of shame really as that's how I was going to start this piece. This six-part little gem is a gentle, warm comedy...
Detectorists, which only finished its run on BBC Four last week, has already been recommissioned for a second series due to air in 2015. Written and directed by Mackenzie Crook; Detectorists also saw him star as Andy who, along with Toby Jones' Lance were best friends...
On the most recent podcast we discuss new BBC2 documentary The Kitchen, the final of the Great British Bake Off and Grantchester.
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...
Welcome back to my look at the best and worst of the last seven days in TV. As we leave Christmas behind us we enter a rather drab and rainy January and so we look to the TV for escapism. A captivating love story sound like the ideal choice to while away the winter...
Murder mysteries, no matter how complex or clever they try to be, all share one fundamental constant: there is always a victim, whether we see them or not. I reckon a reasonably reliable yardstick for measuring the quality of just such a TV drama is learning who plays...
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