Monthly Archives: December 2009

Gavin & Stacey: Larry’s a peach on Barry Beach

Bryn was never happier than rubbing oil slowly into Mick’s chest, brushing aside Mick’s objections with the classic line, ‘I’ve got cream on my hands now – what can I do?’ What indeed, Bryn?
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True Blood 112: You’re alive! Technically, no…

Sookie managed to finish Rene off with a spade, bringing to mind the joke about what you call a man with a spade in his head (Rene, in this case).
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Casualty: All I want for Christmas

Well three cheers for the magic of Christmas and the persistence of Lovely Staff Nurse Jay Faldren. Continue reading

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Coronation Street: The elopement has been cancelled

I try to avoid Corrie spoilers, but I hadn’t avoided knowing weeks ago what the Big Christmas Shock was going to be. Sally Webster has breast cancer! Continue reading

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Celebrity Come Dine With Me Christmas Special

I’m still not sure if I actually watched this programme or it was all an hallucination. I haven’t been well, mind, so I may have been feverish. David Gest’s apparently red-carpet-topped yet still balding head really didn’t help matters. Did he really have a … Continue reading

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Waterloo Road: A pathetic, old-fashioned bully

Ooh, that Max Tyler is a nasty piece of work, and finally everyone (apart from Pious Kim Campbell) is starting to work it out Continue reading

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Spooks: Not afraid to die

The series finale to Spooks, and we knew it was going to be Ros’s last episode. How would she go out? With a ticking bomb and a helluva bang, that’s how. Continue reading

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Gavin & Stacey: The new Terry & June?

I was suddenly transported back to watching a shit 70’s canned laughter sitcom, accompanied by a twinge of anxiety that I hadn’t finished my homework.
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Holby City: The ghosts of Linden’s past

Last night, as Linden and Holly decorated their home for Christmas, Linden was being haunted by his late wife Olivia, who appeared in awkward places in a red coat, like a grown-up version of the scary midget in Don’t Look Now. Continue reading

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True Blood 111: I don’t have to sit like a lady, and I can kill whoever I like

This week, the announcer added ‘strong violence’ to the warning about strong language and strong sexual scenes. What’ll it be next time, strong tea-making? I can’t wait. Continue reading

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