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Callie Khouri’s Nashville-set drama focussing on the country music business has now hit mid-season, and is still going strong. Although it can be predictable, there are enough twists and surprises, especially in terms of character development, to keep you hooked. Reigning ‘queen of country’ Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton) and tween fan-magnet Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) […]
Continue ReadingMade in Chelsea is arguably the most divisive programme on television. More than any other show, it polarises viewers; there are those that decry the inept plotting, dreadful dialogue and woeful attempts at acting, yet fans find every ridiculous plot twist more enjoyable than the last. By all conventional measures, MiC ranks amongst the worst […]
Continue ReadingOn January 12th 2006, a momentous thing happened: the episode of The US Office wherein Michael Scott grills his foot (if you know, you just know) aired for the first time. This episode, which will be hereby referred to as the greatest television achievement of all time (Mad Men, I’m sorry and I love you […]
Continue ReadingAfter an achingly long wait, the unmistakeable churning of strings signifies the return of Mad Men. Matthew Weiner left us with many unanswered questions: did Don manage to keep that new leaf upturned? How will Joan fare as a partner in Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (Harris Campbell)? Will Pete Campbell ever grow up? In this […]
Continue ReadingHaving been mightily impressed by Stephen Poliakoff’s previous television output, rare but often brilliant, your reviewer came to Dancing on the Edge with high expectations. Saturday nights now tell the story of the rise in fortune of a black jazz band in 1930s London. There is certainly a Gatsby-esque air about the show, evident from […]
Continue ReadingIn last month’s Vanity Fair, A. A. Gill, a writer on both sides of the Atlantic, did his best to summarise British comedy for an American audience. “It’s bully humour”, he wrote, “…hierarchical, deflating and pathologically cruel. American humor (sic) is the cry of the bullied… the wit and the last word of the small […]
Continue ReadingHotter than a vintage market’s last pair of sunglasses, Girls has returned to Sky Atlantic for its second series. Directed by Lena Dunham, who recently won a Golden Globe for best Comedy or Musical Series, Girls’ first season was, arguably, the best thing on television. Hilarious, gritty, and downright uncomfortable, the show just didn’t hold […]
Continue ReadingThe Thick of It continues to live up to its name, despite what the naysayers may claim. Three weeks in to the long-awaited fourth series, it’s clear that The Thick of It has lost none of its potency. The early days on BBC Four, featuring alongside an inexhaustible supply of educational documentaries, foreign films and […]
Continue ReadingIs our obsession with serial crime and crime serials a little unhealthy?
Continue ReadingAs the second series draws in 11 million viewers, Katie Barron asks what is it about this costume drama that has us clamouring for more?
Continue ReadingHarry Hodges argues that TV shouldn’t depict children in such a negative light
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