Category Archives: TV

Life on Mars

One of my favourite TV shows, Life on Mars, returns next week. I can’t wait, but I’m a bit worried about discussions I hear about whether Sam Tyler has really gone back in time, if he’s in a coma or … Continue reading

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Big Brother – the truth

I’ll tell you the real reason Big Brother is such Big News. People just like saying “Shilpa Shetty”. I just said it to myself just now. Mmmm. Feels good.

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Humax PVR meets Mac

They’re stupidly named – nowt personal about a box that sits in the living room and which we fight over control of… but I finally gave in and bought a ‘Personal Video Recorder’. Torn between the Topfield and the Humax, … Continue reading

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Shallow age

I’m pretty sure that when I watched the TV adaptation of the Iain Banks novel The Crow Road when it first aired in 1996, I fancied the intelligent, feisty Ashley Watt (played by Valerie Edmond). Watching it again tonight on … Continue reading

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BNP vs BBC

So, the BNP two have been acquitted of inciting racial hatred. Some commentators have drawn comparisons between this and the case of Mizanur Rahman, who was recently found guilty of inciting racial hatred at a rally against the Danish cartoons. … Continue reading

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