It seems that autumn is definitely upon us and TV reflected this with the return of a perennial favourite as well as a number of new comedy outings that will keep us laughing during the dark winter nights. The one show that best signalled the countdown to Christmas...
BBC/John Rogers There’s a distinct sense of faded glory about Jonathan Creek these days. Where once the crime capers were a BBC jewel, paving the way for modern adaptations of Sherlock Holmes and the whole ‘geeks are sexy’ movement, now it limps along like an inferior...
Welcome to another look back at last week's TV which featured the return of two very different dramas as well as some proper old-fashioned Saturday night TV. First up we had the return of the brilliant legal drama Silk which continued to deliver at the start of its...
In this podcast we look at what Ripper Street returning means for broadcasters and decide whether Jonathan Creek should've returned for a new series.
BBC/John Rogers Jonathan Creek made an impressive return to BBC One last night with overnight ratings of 33m/29.2%, over 4m more than anything else at 9pm last night. The return of the amateur detective wasn't without its critics though, with many taking to...
Did we like it? A deceptively caustic drama that savages the lobotomising influence of feral competition, and any subsequent fame, revealing its absurdity through a quaint choir contest in Derbyshire. However, we cannot fathom why one of the worst songs of the 21st...
The Children, ITV1 Are you one of those people who thinks there isn’t enough blood gurgling screams and mutilation scenes on TV nowadays? Well all your prayers for gruesome brutal scenes have been answered. ITV’s Wire in the Blood is back with Robson Green as Tony...
Did we like it? We liked parts of it in the same way someone with the last wisps of life passing their lips savours their chronically sore knee as it is the only conduit through which any feeling now exists. What was good about it? . The central relationship between...
Series two Channel 4, Friday 31 March 2006 Did we like it? It is both admirable and funny for straying from the well-grazed pastures of joke-based comedy into the verdant jungles of the utterly bizarre. What was good about it? • The way in which the menagerie of...
From its title, this sounds like a reality show about people seeing their timeshare villas sink into a marsh, or suffering the aftermath of ill-advised cosmetic surgery. In fact it’s a sitcom with a neatly unusual sit and some fairly conventional, but well-played,...