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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Waterloo Road: Home is where the heart is

Grantly Budgen wasn’t getting into the spirit. Not because he’s Grantly and therefore a miserable old git who wouldn’t give you the steam off his tea, but because he had to face a sad decision. 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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Waterloo Road: I always feel like somebody’s watching me

This week’s Chris Mead Controversial New Initiative, CCTV in all the classrooms, could also be termed “clunky plot device of the week.” 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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Casualty: What really happened at the college shooting

I’m going to start like many an episode of Casualty – at the end. By the end of Saturday’s traumatic 50 minutes Simone was walking again; Simone’s mum (Cindy Beale) had agreed to drop the lawsuit against the hospital; Jeff had revealed to Dixie what happened in the college; and Adam had gently repelled the sexual attentions of Maverick Nurse Kirsty. Continue reading

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