Monthly Archives: October 2010
Emmerdale/Waterloo Road: The Veterans Show Us How it’s Done
What a gloriously tacky but enjoyable two hour marathon of television I enjoyed last night. Starting with a special hour long episode of Emmerdale and culminating with the mid way finale of Waterloo Road, drama was in it’s abundance for … Continue reading
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Holby City: The sacrifice of Pale Thin Nurse Nicky Van Barr
Oh, Pale Thin Nurse Nicky Van Barr, your Holby CV doesn’t make for great reading. Continue reading
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Downton Abbey: soothing Sunday wallpaper telly
I was talking to my mum on the phone recently and she was extolling the virtues of Downton Abbey. She feels some sense of ownership, perhaps because she lives near Highclere Castle, where it’s filmed. Also she also somehow (she’s … Continue reading
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Casualty: Leadership qualities
Nick Jordan sent Dr Ruth Winters for a little tutorial on “leadership.” From this she learned that porters are an essential part of the team, and that essentially all you need to get a porter onside was to provide them with a plateful of sugary snacks. Actually this isn’t exactly what she learned, but what Dr Ruth Winters lacks is emotional intelligence, so the way she put her new knowledge into practice was typically cack-handed. Continue reading
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Lustbox: Fox Mulder
Intelligent, handsome, courageous, loyal, geeky and blessed with a super-dry sense of humour and great hair, what is not to love about Fox Mulder? Well, okay the obsession with the paranormal and aliens is a bit of a downside, but … Continue reading
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Holby City: I don’t like delegating. It’s another word for defeat
New co-Director of Surgery ruffled feathers – not least Connie Beauchamp’s. And Faye shocked Joseph. Continue reading
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Spooks: They’re going to kill the President!
Dastardly plot of the week was a plan to kill the “leader of the free world” (that would be the President of the USA) by blowing him up with a person bomb (that would be an Israeli delegate to a top secret Middle East peace conference who’d been injected full of explosives). Continue reading
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