BBC Cuts : What they mean for viewers
February 26, 2010 – 2:39 pm | No Comment

Cuts by the BBC will see the budget for foreign imports cut by a quarter, a report by the Times revealed today.
For some time the BBC have said that hard decisions will have to be …

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Review : Glee ‘Ballad’
March 8, 2010 – 10:38 pm | 3 Comments
Review : Glee ‘Ballad’

Glee’s Tenth instalment has hit our screens in the UK.  Monday’s E4 screening of Teen-centric chart topping Glee sees the cast start to unfold the truth about the father of Quinn’s baby bump. ‘’Ballad’’ also …

Review : Skins – “I’m Katie F***ing Fitch, who the f*** are you?”
March 1, 2010 – 6:33 pm | No Comment
Review : Skins – “I’m Katie F***ing Fitch, who the f*** are you?”

Katie’s Skins episode featured the angry, conceited redhead finally learning to find herself and bring herself down to earth. And it’s about time.
Yet another week and another episode of Skins, with this time seeing bitchy, …

Review : Small Wonder – The Complete First Season
February 14, 2010 – 11:59 am | Comments Off
Review : Small Wonder – The Complete First Season

It’s a wonder (and wonderful!) how relevant Small Wonder is in 2010! Watching VICI, the Lawsons, and the Brindles made my niece and nephew laugh just as hard as I did over a decade …

Party Down serves up more awesome
February 5, 2010 – 2:58 pm | Comments Off
Party Down serves up more awesome

This article contains spoilers for the first episode of Party Down season 2.

Party Down passed through on cable network Starz last year as a hidden gem, a secret you don’t want to get out in …

Review – Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Episode 1
December 15, 2009 – 2:27 am | 23 Comments
Review – Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Episode 1

On January 22nd, Starz launch “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” – surely the most ridiculously named show of the season.  Equal amounts man boobs to actual boobs, the opener catapults you to an ultra-violent, hyper stylized …

Glee – the bravest show on network TV?
November 18, 2009 – 10:00 am | 2 Comments
Glee – the bravest show on network TV?

When Glee was announced, and quickly and lazily described by many commentators as ‘High School Musical for TV’, there were few who could have predicted how relentlessly brave the show would be. With a largely …

Review : Heroes – An Insider’s Guide
October 26, 2009 – 10:46 pm | 2 Comments
Review : Heroes  – An Insider’s Guide

I was very excited when I received this guide book as I am a massive fan of the television series and Titan Books. I was not disappointed in the slightest. This book is an amazing …

Review: Channel 4 Comedy Showcase
October 18, 2009 – 12:53 pm | 2 Comments
Review: Channel 4 Comedy Showcase

Andy Nyman in ‘Campus’ – Courtesy of Channel 4

by Gary Cansell
If you’ve ever wanted to see a towering numeral made entirely from umbrellas you could do worse than visit the Channel 4 head office in …

Heroes Achieves ‘Redemption’
September 23, 2009 – 10:18 am | 2 Comments
Heroes Achieves ‘Redemption’

This review contains major spoilers for episodes 1 and 2 of Heroes season 4.
In early Summer it appeared that there would be a muted Heroes presence at the industry’s pep rally Comic Con International. For …

Review : Harper’s Island – Slash and burn
September 7, 2009 – 8:38 pm | Comments Off
Review : Harper’s Island – Slash and burn

Television is difficult. No really, it is. A 22 episode series has to keep you entertained for almost sixteen hours and that is fraught with dangers. What if you miss an episode? What if you …

Comic-Con : WB Pilots : Human Target, V, Vampire Diaries
July 26, 2009 – 3:47 pm | 3 Comments
Comic-Con : WB Pilots : Human Target, V, Vampire Diaries

by Kirsty Walker
This year at San Diego Comic-Con the WB network brought three pilots from their upcoming fall schedule. Here are our first thoughts :
Human Target
Mark Valley (Fringe) plays Christopher Chance, a private investigator/bodyguard/ass kicker, …

Review : Dollhouse Epitaph One
July 22, 2009 – 4:38 pm | 3 Comments
Review : Dollhouse Epitaph One

by Kirsty Walker
WARNING! This review contains major spoilers for the episode.
Episode thirteen of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse never saw the light of day thanks to the fact that it was paid for (at half the normal …

Torchwood : Children of Earth : The Aftermath
July 12, 2009 – 3:28 pm | 84 Comments
Torchwood : Children of Earth : The Aftermath

WARNING! This article contains major and detailed spoilers for Children of Earth
by Kirsty Walker In December 2008, John Barrowman announced that the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood would be ‘toned down’ for series three in order …

Oliver Grigsby is our new Hero
March 11, 2009 – 11:10 am | Comments Off

Debutante Heroes writer knocks it out of the park
by Kirsty Walker
Doom and gloom forecasts, ratings plummets, rumours of stars wanting to move on…it’s been a difficult few months for fans of Heroes, brought crashing down …

Bones is back with grave consequences
February 7, 2009 – 1:05 pm | Comments Off

Lisa Samsom digs deep (sorry…) into the new season of Bones.
Bones returned for the spring season on January 22nd with back to back episodes: Double Trouble in the Panhandle and Fire in the Ice. The …