“BUDAPEST, Hungary: Police recovered a collection of video cassettes stolen from a production company working on the BBC’s new TV series Robin Hood, after questioning one of two suspects, police said Saturday… The suspect — identi[…]

At the weekend we watched the Doctor Who story Full Circle. Now best known for introducing ill-fated (and ill-acted) boy companion Adric, this was a massive hit with me at the time (1980) because of its central plot twist. Which I’m about to sp[…]

I feel a duty to say something about Channel 5’s Battle Of The Popstars programme, a real-time tournament to find “the nation’s favourite pop star” AKA an attempt by Five to find the most lucrative possible format to separate […]

In the pub a few weeks ago I mentioned that Speedy Gonzales had a brother; who, as is the way with cartoon families was diametrically opposed to Speedy’s main characteristic. Namely, he was slow. I could not remember his name, but mooted Slowpo[…]

My god, what an appalling, patronising, ill-informed, load of tosh The Edinburgh Show (spin off from The Culture Show) was last night (BBC2, in the Late Review slot). The Ron Mueck piece was the worst piece of contemporary art “reviewing”[…]

One of those moments when you check with other viewers to see if they heard what you heard. Courtesy of BBC London News 8:30 am bulletin this morning, presented by shamefaced, postbox-mouthed Matt Barbet :
“The price of the average house in Lo[…]

the prog: silent witness, just now ending
the story: mash-up of heavenly creatures and strangers on a train, except in threes not twos
the milestone: “30,000 hits in 45 minutes on my blog”
ie this is the first time i heard the word &#822[…]

… but the ALL-TIME WORST BBC SIT-COM EVAH (=my hero) has suddenly (ie since ardal o’hanlon left and james dreyfus took over) also become the ODDEST
ok i have not and cannot watch for more than a couple of lines at a time — it is ST[…]

long-awaited carmodistic tour-de-force on kids-TV k-klassik flambards[…]

I don’t go out of my way to watch Top Gear. It was just on, OK? And as it was on I noticed something quite horrible. Jeremy Clarkson interviewing Steve Coogan. And it was like watching The Abyss* stare into itself.
Okay, it is not exactly clev[…]