With "The X Factor" now run aground into a pitiful former shadow of itself (Honey G. Let's just leave it there, shall we?) and "The Voice" now having flown the nest to ITV where it's become a harsher, duller version of what it did before (also dispersing of Marvin Humes and Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Let it Shine (BBC One, 7th January)
Illustrator and author Raymond Briggs' best known works have forever been associated with December - those of course, being 'The Snowman' and 'Father Christmas', the animated film adaptations of which have been shown every festive season on Channel 4 since 1982 and 1991 respectively. Now though, one of his more recent creations has made the … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Ethel and Ernest (BBC One, 29th December)
Happy Boxing Day one and all! Hope you are having a lovely Christmas so far, whatever you may be up to (cue festive emojis 🎅🎅🎅 🎁🎁🎁 🎄🎄🎄). Today's blog sees the third annual giving out of my End of Year Prizes. 2016 has, it's safe to say, been an odd mistress of a year, but … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2016
It's time to crack open the bolly, sweetie, as this Friday finally sees the release in cinemas of one of the most anticipated transitions from the small screen to the silver screen in the comedy world. Following months of speculation (and having to hold her comedy partner, Dawn French, to a bet that she wouldn't … Continue reading Cheers, sweetie: Ab Fab’s best episodes
It's Boxing Day! Which means a couple of things - firstly, cold meat and pickles in endless bounty (YAY). And secondly, also means it's time for me to hand out my second annual End of Year Prizes on this here blog. Unbelievably it's now been a whole 12 months since we last handed them out, … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2015
Few sights are as comforting for me with the TV schedules and bookstore shelves as that of seeing a new series and book from my favourite TV cook person Nigella Lawson on them. My love affair with all things Nigella started when I was a teenager and her first series, 'Nigella Bites' aired on Channel … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Simply Nigella (BBC Two)
'The X Factor', it's fair to say, is a show with which I've had a notoriously on again-off again love affair. Much like Ross and Rachel, only without the girl from the copy place which yesterday, I took full responsibility for (and I make no apologies to anyone who doesn't get that reference). At the … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: The X Factor (ITV)
There'll be two camps reading the title of this post, both of whom will think I've taken complete leave of my senses. The first camp will be thinking why a 25 - nearly 26 - year-old man is watching a show on CBeebies. The second camp - most of whom will be over 40 - … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: ‘The Clangers’ (CBeebies)
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)
I did something pretty exciting over the Bank Holiday last weekend, as the week before, I got wind of the fact that Olly Murs was pre-recording his appearance as a guest - interview only - on The Paul O'Grady Show (below, credit to his Facebook for the picture) for ITV that aired last Wednesday afternoon. … Continue reading A beginner’s guide to appearing in a live TV audience, as written by me.
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