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...
On this week's Matt on the Box we have two very different types of policing drama plus department store dilemmas and doggy disasters. Earlier in the year, I was excited by the prospect of a satirical drama written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong and directed by Danny...
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...
This week Matt and I discuss the brilliance of BBC4's Getting On, our love of Channel 4 student comedy Fresh Meat and confusion over new BBC daytime drama.
There are some programmes that just don’t get the respect they deserve and returning comedy Getting On is one of them. Despite Jo Brand winning a BAFTA for her performance in the series it is still languishing away on BBC4 at 10pm and I do feel that the programme...