Category Archive: TV

COMEDY PILOTS (US)

Although it may seem that every programme worth watching is slowly disappearing from the ether for the summer, fear not. It is pilot season! That time of year when networks flirt and flaunt their new… Continue reading

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TOP 3 SHOWS OF 2012

In these freezing temperatures and dark nights, it might seem like a distant memory to think back to the summer and remember how we became obsessed with the Olympics and Paralympics. From dancing… Continue reading

CHRISTMAS TELLYBOBS

I can usually call it a successful Christmas if, by 6 o’clock, I am slumped in a turkey haze, picking at a Chocolate Orange, gawking over a new gadget and, finally, weeping merrily… Continue reading

JIMMY FALLON – The Boy Next Door

He made his mark as the shiny faced giggler with a thousand impressions on Saturday Night Live but now he’s a suit and tie man. He’s become the TV holy grail – a late night talk show… Continue reading

REVIEW: GIRLS

This year the star and writer of Girls, Lena Dunham, has been littered with award nominations and various accolades. This month she signed a lucrative, and much discussed, book deal rumoured to be… Continue reading

LILYHAMMER

Lilyhammer **** Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt) is a thoroughly New Yoik mobster. There is a shooting in his bar. He snitches information to the FBI, and in return is granted… Continue reading

Autumn TV

The summer of dancing horses and Mobots may have come to an end but do not fear, television is back to its brilliant best this autumn with shows that might even make you… Continue reading

THICK OF IT

Since announcing the return of The Thick of It earlier this year, there has been much speculation about how the show would deal with the shift in government; Will they get along? How… Continue reading

The Newsroom

Aaron Sorkin has made a massive impact on American TV and our taste for classy drama, but his tried and tested depiction of human psychology has finally become tired and predictable. The Newsroom has… Continue reading