Perhaps thanks in part to 'Britain's Got Talent' - which, if you believe any of the papers this last week, should be renamed to 'Britain's Got Talented Dogs' - it does rather feel like the good old fashioned variety show has made a bit of a comeback to our screens of late. ITV recently successfully … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: “The John Bishop Show” (BBC One)
It's all too easy these days to assume the warts-and-all investigative documentary is a dirty, provoking and common beast that belongs in a 9pm or 10pm slot on Channel 4 or Channel 5, primed and ready for dissection of its subjects by Daily Mail columnists and sadist social media trolls alike. In recent years, it's … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: “Tom Felton Meets the Superfans” (BBC Three)
The biennial Red Nose Day for Comic Relief, one of my favourite charity telethons is back again for its 30th year this year, on Friday 13th March. It's long been a cause I've supported and donated to - and also in its Sport Relief guise on odd numbered years, as it has always, at its … Continue reading Red Nose Day is back!
I have been writing and rewriting the opening gambit of this review for the last 2 hours and struggled to find adequate words to start it with. So, in the grand tradition of the lady herself, I'll try to with the king AND queen of all words: a moist plinth. Aaah, lovely. I digress. For … Continue reading #CrazyStupidDVD: Miranda – “The Finale”
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