Torchwood With Martha
I didn’t think Torchwood would ever be really good without a radical overhaul. Turns out I was wrong. Here’s why Reset (Torchwood with Martha) works. J.C.Wilsher. Creator of Between The […]
Film, TV & Radio
What Would Mary Whitehouse Think?
Doctor Who episode Gridlock has been nominated for an Epiphany Prize for increasing “man’s love and understanding of God”.
“Echo Beach” Review
Globe Link News, The Girlie Show, plus of course Sports Night and Studio 60 were all fictional shows we saw only from the production point of view. I’ve just finished […]
Quantum of Solace
With the press apparently in as eager a frenzy to decry the newly announced title for Bond 22 as they were to decry Craig two years ago, there’s a great […]
“Hugh’s Chicken Run”
Being rather familiar with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s home town of Axminster and his local Tesco I watched these three programmes about his campaign to get people eating free range chicken (Chicken […]
Ever wanted to bring capitalism crashing down but can’t get time off work to do it?
Went to see Mark Thomas last night, he was great. He’s launched a company, McDemos, offering as a service, not just applying to demonstrate in Parliament Square (which under the […]
More Locations
A year and a half ago I posted how I recognised the location of this shot in Ronin. I mentioned how I suspected a favorite film had also used the […]
House Music
“Hospital Drama”. I used to run a mile if Casualty started. I never “got” ER. Then a colleague persuaded me to give Scrubs a go, comedy, true, but it still […]
Trouble At’ Mill
Wallace and Gromit to are to return to the small screen in a BBC half hour short. That’s the good news (I prefer the shorts to the feature). The bad […]
The Return of the Smoking Quill
I guess the CD of Murray Gold’s music from the two new series and first two Christmas specials did brisk business. For the music from “series three”, it looks like […]
Dirk Maggs Brings Dirk Gently to R4
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | BBC recruits Douglas Adams sleuth Harry Enfield is to play Svlad Cjelli (now trading under Dirk Gently). 6 thirty minute episodes adapting the first book, […]
Martha, Donna, and the Rest…
So, as soon as she stepped away from the TARDIS rumours abounded that Martha was out because the writers couldn’t develop her character further. I’m prepared to pledge now, as […]