Category Archives: BBC

The Eleventh Doctor

Well, of course I loved it. Matt Smith is great, he clearly ‘gets’ it – maybe playing it a little too much like David Tennant, but I’m not complaining. The Avengersesque rural England (ok, Wales pretending to be England) was … Continue reading

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Steven Moffat is coming to your living room

New Doctor Who on the way and its new presiding genius – Steven Moffat – has given a nice interview to The Guardian. He’s the man behind The Empty Child and Blink, which is not the best episode of Doctor … Continue reading

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Lauren Laverne on BBC 6Music

This made me laugh out loud. So lovely to have mornings back again on 6Music… sigh. And I had that Holly Johnson in my studio a few weeks ago. I was sitting there playing out most of ‘Two Tribes’ on … Continue reading

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Hooked on The Wire

‘Watch The Wire’, says the press, ‘watch The Wire’ says Charlie Brooker – hell, even Claire Bolderson tells me ‘Watch The Wire, you’d love it’, it is – they all say – the Best TV Show Ever Made. And I … Continue reading

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The Fat Duck

Today was the 18th anniversary of me joining the BBC. Normally me and my fellow trainees go and have a cheap meal and drink too much and get unwell. This year we decided to do something nice. So we went … Continue reading

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