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A sting in the tale
By Ruth Deller · May 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment
WHODUNNIT! Doctor Who, BBC One, 7.00pm Ten reasons why this Saturday’s Doctor Who will be great: » 1. It’s based on the life of Agatha Christie, around the time of her disappearance. » 2. Fenella Woolgar stars as Christie, and Fenella Woolgar is awesome. » It also stars the wonderful Felicity Kendall. And lots of other talented people, about whom you will go ‘it’s them! Out of that thing!’ » 3. As well as being about Agatha Christie, it has a Christie-esque whodunnit plot. » 4. It features a giant wasp, which has to be the scariest thing EVER. » 5. It’s set in the 1920s, so maybe there will be some sly House of Elliot jokes. Probably not, I grant you, but a girl can dream. » 6. The interaction between Donna and The Doctor, Donna and the people... Read more
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A sting in the tale
By Ruth Deller · May 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment
WHODUNNIT! Doctor Who, BBC One, 7.00pm Ten reasons why this Saturday’s Doctor Who will be great: » 1. It’s based on the life of Agatha Christie, around the time of her disappearance. » 2. Fenella Woolgar stars as Christie, and Fenella Woolgar is awesome. » It also stars the wonderful Felicity Kendall. And lots of other talented people, about whom you will go ‘it’s them! Out of that thing!’ » 3. As well as being about Agatha Christie, it has a Christie-esque whodunnit plot. » 4. It features a giant wasp, which has to be the scariest thing EVER. » 5. It’s set in the 1920s, so maybe there will be some sly House of Elliot jokes. Probably not, I grant you, but a girl can dream. » 6. The interaction between Donna and The Doctor, Donna and the people... Read more
News
Sure as eggs
By Paul Lang · May 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Back in the day, I used to work at Top of the Pops Magazine, and someone there had the hilarious idea to get popstars to decorate hard-boiled eggs as themselves. Most of them told us to get lost, but no less a personality than Rachel Stevens HERSELF stepped up to the paints, and laid us a beautiful egg in her own image. It then fell to me to photograph these eggs to go in the magazine, so they were gingerly handed to me with the immortal instruction: “DON’T DROP THE FUCKING EGGS!” Of course, the very first thing I did was let Rachel Stevens The Egg roll off the table and shatter into pieces. Not to be deterred, I took a photo of her anyway and just touched up the cracks in Photoshop – which is probably not a million miles away from what actually happens to most popstar photos... Read more
Soaps
90New1? Oh!
By Paul Lang · May 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
There’s great excitement over on our forums at the prospect of an all-new version of Beverly Hills 90210. Not as much, mind you, as there would be if we heard they were bringing back Melrose Place (or even Models Inc), but it’s still quite a hullaballoo by anyone’s standards. There seem to be loads of exciting rumours already – some/all of which might be made up by the agents of former cast members/wishful thinking/copied down wrong off the internet). Rumours like these! » Once again, the story revolves around fish-out-of-water siblings from “the country” who find themselves at West Beverly High, surrounded by freaks, emos, dorks, jocks and bitches. Lots and lots of bitches. » None of the old cast are back! Or all of the old cast are back, depending on which... Read more
Movies
Why the BAFTAs will be ace this year
By Ruth Deller · February 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
GLITZY!The British Academy Film Awards, BBC1, 10pm » With the writers’ strike not yet having reached a conclusion, it is possible (unlikely, but possible) that the Oscars will not go ahead, thus making this THE film industry ceremony to be at in 2008. » We liked a lot of the films we saw in 2007. » Jonathan Ross is presenting, and he always does this kind of thing well. » Being British, you get a better (or at least more British, older, less airbrushed) class of celebrity at this event than at the American ceremonies. » Someone British will win something. Which will help us feel all self-satisfied and provide the papers with someone to coo over for a few days. » The acceptance speeches are usually shorter than at the Oscars. » We like everything we have seen that has been nominated... Read more
Radio
Music Makes the People Come Together
By Ruth Deller · May 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
MUSIC! Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Radio 1, all weekend; BBC Red button, from 4pm today onwards, BBC Three, 7.00pm, 9.15pm, 12.15am today, 7.00pm and 11.15pm tomorrow, Radio 1 Online, all weekend. This weekend, Maidstone will be hosting the biggest free festival it’s probably ever held (I am willing to be proved wrong, Maidstone festivals are not my specialist subject), as Radio 1 hosts its Big Weekend. There are four stages over the weekend, although how much of each will be broadcast, I don’t know. The weekend is taking advantage of the SHINY! NEW! possibilities the digital age offers us, by not only broadcasting on the traditional wireless, but also on the internet, BBC Three and via the red button (by the way, what happened to red button voting? I voted several times in... Read more
Media
Stop the Press!
By Ruth Deller · December 3, 2007 · 2 Comments
Paul seems to be too humble to stick this up here, but he’s interviewed in today’s Independent about Lowculture! Fame at last! You can read the article here, but it’s best if you pop down to your paper shop and get a physical copy, because some of our LOLyoaks macros are in there! Get to it…. a2a_linkname="Stop the Press!";a2a_linkurl="http://lowculture.co.uk/index.php/2007/12/03/stop-the-press/"; Read More →
Other stuff
Eurovision - 8 days to go!
By David Jørgensen · May 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Eurovision 2008 Song of the Day Ukraine: Shady Lady, Ani Lorak/Ані Лорак “There are many shady ladies here,” declared Ani Lorak a couple of days ago, as she described the scene around her during rehearsals in Beograd. And we can imagine to whom she was referring too. This particular shady lady, however, has arrived at the contest with mirrored, back-lit cabinets, which is very exciting. She’s combining the cabinets with excellent vocals. Indeed, judging from this year’s rehearsals, many of the best performers can actually deliver the goods live, and with a routine. Ani is the face of Schwarzkopf in Ukraine, and it is quite clear why. She has lovely hair. Ukraine, ten points. L’Ukraine, dix points. Back-lit! Eurovision Legend of the Day Bosnia and Herzegovina:... Read more
Sure as eggs
Back in the day, I used to work at Top of the Pops Magazine, and someone there had the hilarious idea to get popstars to decorate hard-boiled eggs as themselves. Most of them told... Read more
Catch of the day
RUGGED! Deadliest Catch, Channel 4, 8.00pm I make no apologies for picking this as today’s highlight in an attempt to butch up the site a little bit. Actually, in fairness... Read more
A short essay in favour of juvenile smut
SWEARY! The Inbetweeners, E4, Thursdays, 10.00pm Earlier this month, we wondered if E4’s teen sitcom The Inbetweeners would be much cop, or just a load of childish, gross-out... Read more
90New1? Oh!
There’s great excitement over on our forums at the prospect of an all-new version of Beverly Hills 90210. Not as much, mind you, as there would be if we heard they were... Read more
Back to Reality
RETRO! What Happened Next?, BBC Four, 9.00pm Ever wondered what happened to all those people you so avidly watched on documentaries and reality shows? (And I’m not talking... Read more
The secret combination
Hello Fans!! Since my decision to enter next year’s Eurovision Song Contest to relaunch my INTERNATIONAL POP CAREER, I have taken myself to all sorts of Eurovision-related... Read more
Danny Dyer, one of our favourite bits of rough, in a short gangster film with OMGVIRAL twist.
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