TV

  Unless you’ve been living under Luddite’s pet rock, far from entertainment news of any kind, you will know that Doctor Who turns 50 this year! (The show that is, which premiered on 23 November 1963 with William Hartnell in the titular role, not the man himself who is at Continue Reading

  “I think I smell the stench of your cologne, Agent Cooper. Smells like hubris.” Once more to the anti-hero well, my friends, once more! And in the case of James Spader, who eats worthy hammed-up parts for breakfast while the rest of us are still contemplating getting out of Continue Reading

  Revolution is no longer your grandmother’s apocalyptic drama, my friends. Somewhere between the nukes being launched, courtesy of soon-to-be-dead patriot Randall Flynn (Colm Feore), from the newly powered up Tower towards the yet-to-be-renamed Monroe Republic, headquartered in Philadelphia, and the Georgia Federation in Atlanta, and the resumption of Revolution‘s Continue Reading

  Two odder TV bedfellows you could not imagine right? Which is course precisely the point for the inspired YouTube user SnowBalls3, who put together images from BBC America’s dark conspiracy-rich sci-fi drama Orphan Black, starring the multi-talented Tatiana Maslany, and Friends, one of the most successful sitcoms in TV history Continue Reading

  We are so close to the premiere of season 4 of The Walking Dead on October 13 that I can almost taste it. (Naturally of course I won’t be since (a) Zombies have major hygiene and ongoing health issues and (b) contrary to what you’ve been told they don’t taste Continue Reading

  It seems, if the press reports are anything to go by, that David Walliams and I have something in common. No, you may  be surprised to learn it’s not a stellar career as a BAFTA Award-winning comedian (thanks to his work on Little Britain with co-creator Matt Lucas) nor Continue Reading

  I am not a car person. It’s true. While others dream of screaming down the highway in a streamlined red car, or daydream of meandering drives in the country just because (What? Without an actual destination? Madness!), I see the cars in my life as purely utilitarian devices, designed Continue Reading

  I am a little late coming to Showcase’s latest dramatic success story, Ray Donovan, whose season one finale has just aired in the USA, along with the series finale of Dexter, to powerhouse ratings. And to be honest my sluggard response to this series, which stars Emmy® and Golden Globe® Continue Reading

  Sesame Street never disappoints. Not only does it manage to teach kids their ABCs and 123s, as well as important social skills, it does in a imaginative ways that are always up the minute relevant. Take the appearance of Peter Dinklage who plays wine and women-loving Tyrion Lannister on Continue Reading