Monthly Archives: February 2011

Casualty: Time to man up

Worried about his man-baubles, Jay tried to overcompensate with some annoyingly laddish behaviour. Continue reading

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The Archers: Why Matt’s plan for the Bull is bull

Ooh that sneaky Matt. Ignoring Lillian’s explicit instructions, he’s been leaning on the bar of the Bull pouring honeyed words (‘Poison!’ screeched Lillian) into Jolene’s unhappy ear. ‘Money,’ whispers Matt, who is wearing horns and a red cape. Continue reading

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True Blood 307: A sad man in saggy pants

We galloped into this episode with the same thundering pace of last week: Sookie and Tara teaming up telepathically to overpower the wildly irritating Debbie, Alcide putting a silver bullet in the horrible Cooder, and everyone dragging Bill into Alcide’s van and tearing off across the manicured lawn, running over a werewolf or two en route. Blimey, I said, and not for the last time, as I steadied my nerves with a slug of Babysham. Continue reading

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Waterloo Road: Standing up for Dave

This week Waterloo Road tackled the issue of racism. But it wasn’t the rather laboured “Polish people stealing British jobs” theme that got Twitter all-a-twitter last night. It was the relationship between Cesca and Jonah, which “went to the next level.” Continue reading

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Holby City: Who’s the Queen Bee?

“If she’s not snagging the Swede then I’m Kylie Minogue,” Jac observed re her new colleague and rival Sahira Shah the Registrah. “You should be so lucky,” quipped Irish Dr Greg. Continue reading

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Casualty: I think you’ll find it’s ‘our staff,’ Nicky

What’s the best way to get up the nose of a doctor who is known for being arrogant, maverick, independent and autocratic? Make him share power with someone who is similarly A, M and I. Continue reading

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True Blood 306: Kill Bill gories up a notch

Hot on the heels of the most amusing episode, this was the most tense episode – possibly ever, but certainly in this series. My stomach was in knots from the start, and my dreams were filled with blood and torture. Terrific stuff, chaps – keep up the good work! As well as being stressful, this episode raised as many questions than it answered. Which was no mean feat, as it answered a lot of questions an’ all.
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Marchlands: Plumbing that goes bump in the night

This is essentially a haunted house story for wimps, since every time the tension and suspense builds up to any degree, it’s interrupted by REALLY BLOODY ANNOYING ADVERTS. Sorry to shout, but really, those twatting meerkats. I’d drown them. Continue reading

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Waterloo Road: Hi, Mr Gurney – I’m Josh

Trouble for Josh and Nate. Continue reading

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MasterChef: Off their trollies

I happened to speak to someone who had made it to the very end of the (very long) MasterChef process a number of years ago. A life-changing experience? Yes. But they also reminded me that there is no money involved … Continue reading

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