This week, exactly 20 years ago, a show launched on primetime US TV that would change the face - and world - of television forever. Over 236 episodes, and 10 seasons of laughs and one liners galore, "Friends" bought ensemble comedy to the mainstream, as we became engrossed in the lives and loves of six … Continue reading “Friends” at 20: The One With my 10 favourite episodes
At nearly 25, and of all the classic British TV institutions that have been, you'd think that "The Magic Roundabout" would be the one I'd least be aware of. After all, it first went to air in the UK at teatime in October 1965 - some 25 years before I was even born. Of course, … Continue reading #CrazyStupidBook: Eric Thompson – ‘The Adventures of Dougal’
Music has long been a big interest and passion of mine since I was a little boy, but no other genre of music inspires me, lifts me or motivates me quite like pop music. And they don't come anymore motivating, inspiring or lifting than The Saturdays. It was through being a fan of their now … Continue reading On the eve of their greatest hits, a post in praise of The Saturdays.
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