Monthly Archives: March 2010
Grow your own drugs: tips from a man who knows his onions
The title of this programme sounds a lot more titillating than the content transpires to be. We’re not really given lessons on extracting mephedrone from plant food, or tips on the best way to grow dope in your airing cupboard. … Continue reading
Filed under Documentaries
Ask the Chancellors
An odd title for a programme given that there was only one actual Chancellor and two would-be Chancellors, but never mind. Just one of the many compromises involved in a programme that was wrongly hyped as paving the way to … Continue reading
Filed under political coverage
Lustbox: Gene Hunt
What is it about television that makes relatively sane woman fantasise about men they wouldn’t want to share a postcode with in real life? Ladies and gentlemen, the defence calls DCI Gene Hunt. Continue reading
Filed under Ashes to Ashes, Lustbox
Brothers & Sisters: Thank heavens William Walker had so many affairs
Kitty once had an affair with a man so famous his name couldn’t even be mentioned. My guess is Michael Jackson. Picture it! Or rather – don’t. Continue reading
Filed under Brothers & Sisters
Pineapple Dance Studios: Lemons for Andrew
You’ve got to admire the resilience of Andrew Stone. Life gives him lemons and Andrew makes lemonade. A few more lemons, and he makes a nice lemon drizzle cake. More lemons and – well, you’d think eventually he’d just get sick of lemons. Continue reading
Filed under Pineapple Dance Studios
True Blood 205: I pray Jesus isn’t watching this crap today
If I was Jason, and had seen at first hand Steve’s underground weapons bunker – a guillotine on order – I might have resisted Sarah a bit more than, ‘I want to, but I shouldn’t.’ There’s only one way this is going, and it ain’t purty. Continue reading
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Emmerdale/Eastenders: Two’s Company
Some dramatic scenes were promised in soapland during the latter half of last week, with two very special episodes driven almost solely by two central characters. In Emmerdale, we had the wonderfully heartbreaking and unique storyline of Aaron Livesy’s inner … Continue reading
Filed under Eastenders, Emmerdale
