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Better the Devil You Know
By Ruth Deller · November 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
WAR!The Devil’s Whore, Channel 4, 9.00pm Wednesday night is looking good for the bonnet lovers amongst you, as not only does BBC One’s excellent Little Dorrit continue, Channel 4 are upping the drama ante with the lavish four-parter, The Devil’s Whore. OK, so this being a post-watershed darker drama about the English Civil War, the bonnets are more likely to be erm, black hats like Guy Fawkes wears, the name of which I don’t know, but nonetheless, there should be plenty here for costume drama fans to enjoy. However, Channel 4 are clearly looking for a wider audience with this one. Its scheduling - 9pm, on Channel 4, on a weeknight - its cast (including Peter Capaldi, John Simm and Maxine Peake) and its theme (the civil war) all hint at this being a big, serious, mass-appeal... Read more
TV
Better the Devil You Know
By Ruth Deller · November 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
WAR!The Devil’s Whore, Channel 4, 9.00pm Wednesday night is looking good for the bonnet lovers amongst you, as not only does BBC One’s excellent Little Dorrit continue, Channel 4 are upping the drama ante with the lavish four-parter, The Devil’s Whore. OK, so this being a post-watershed darker drama about the English Civil War, the bonnets are more likely to be erm, black hats like Guy Fawkes wears, the name of which I don’t know, but nonetheless, there should be plenty here for costume drama fans to enjoy. However, Channel 4 are clearly looking for a wider audience with this one. Its scheduling - 9pm, on Channel 4, on a weeknight - its cast (including Peter Capaldi, John Simm and Maxine Peake) and its theme (the civil war) all hint at this being a big, serious, mass-appeal... Read more
News
Swing out Sisters
By Ruth Deller · October 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Make sure you’re watching Beautiful People on BBC Two (9.30pm) tonight. Not only is it one of our favourite shows at the moment, because despite lots of historical inaccuracies, the cast are great fun, the writing is sparky, the jokes are fun and the music is brilliant. The music tonight, though, is going to be the best of the series (probably): the bit we’ve been waiting for since the show started and the reason many people will be buying the soundtrack, too, no doubt. Yes, it’s time for the long awaited Kylie and Dannii duet, ‘The Winner Takes it All’. Can we have it released as a Christmas single now, pleeeeeease? Listen to it here… Read More →
Soaps
Maxed Out
By Ruth Deller · October 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
CRASH! EastEnders, BBC One, 7.30pm Like Liam’s recent death in Coronation Street, Max Branning getting run over in tonight’s EastEnders has been a complete non-secret for weeks. The real hook here isn’t that he gets run over, but, as with Phil’s shooting and Michelle’s pregnancy, the hook is a ‘whodunnit’. There are several potential suspects: wronged wife Tanya, brother and rival Jack, former squeeze Stacey, son Bradley, hormonal teenage (and nearly teenage) daughters Lauren and Abi, although baby Oscar is likely to take his revenge on daddy several years down the line. Of course all of these are the obvious suspects, so who else could it be? Phil Mitchell, scared Max will get him in trouble for procuring a gun for him? Dot Branning in an act... Read more
Movies
I want to believe this is not slightly rubbish
By Kellie Mote · August 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment
PARANORMAL! X Files: I Want to Believe, Cert 15, Cinemas “nationwide” It’s the year of the cinematic comeback! We’ve seen the enjoyable return of Sex and the City, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Nonsense and now, somewhat inexplicably and with comparatively little fanfare, the X Files. Like SATC, there’s a sense of catching up with much-loved old chums, which makes it painful to admit that the end result is, well, less than hugely exciting. However, for fans of the show, it is indeed nice to see what has become of top alien-investigatin’ duo Mulder and Scully. As Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny have done quite well in their solo careers, it’s a little tricky at times to re-enter the X Files’ world. If you watched Duchovny’s recent... Read more
Radio
Bang! And the Earth is gone…?
By Ruth Deller · September 10, 2008 · 1 Comment
Today marks one of the most signigficant scientific experiments of our lifetimes, when a bunch of scientists in Switzerland attempt to recreate the Big Bang in a miniature form. That’s all well and good, but if it goes to plan, won’t that create a whole new universe, or destroy the one we’ve got? Is this really a good idea? How come they didn’t ask us if we consented to them mucking about with our universe like this? Apparently the scientists are either confident catastrophe won’t happen, or are so scared it will that they’re keeping it quiet, because other than in the wackiest corners of the internet, there hasn’t been much mention of what will happen if it goes catastrophically wrong. Or maybe that’s because we’ll all be blown apart... 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…. Read More →
Other stuff
Peep inside Sophie’s head
By Paul Lang · June 23, 2008 · 1 Comment
DVDs are great! I love buying them, putting them on a shelf and never watching them. But there was some stuff on the new Peep Show Series 5 offering that looked so promising that I actually popped that shiny little disc into that unshiny matt black tray, pushed it in with my very own actual fingers (no pressing the button on the remote for ME) and then – watched it! Unbelievable. Things you get on this DVD which are amazing include: » All the episodes of Series 5. » The final episode told from Sophie’s point-of-view, which reveals some very interesting things about her character (ie she’s just as selfish and manipulative as Mark and Jez – hurrah!). » A “who’s shagged who” featurette, which is exciting for two reasons – it’s very funny, and you get... Read more
Swing out Sisters
Make sure you’re watching Beautiful People on BBC Two (9.30pm) tonight. Not only is it one of our favourite shows at the moment, because despite lots of historical inaccuracies,... Read more
Bravo, Charlie
TELLY! Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, BBC Four, 10.30pm Crikey, BBC Four’s a bit good at the moment, isn’t it? First Only Connect* rather unexpectedly became... Read more
House of Horrors
BRAINS! Dead Set, E4, 10.00pm INCLUDES VIDEO PREVIEW Once word got out that Charlie Brooker had written a horror series about zombies and set it in the Big Brother house, people... Read more
Maxed Out
CRASH! EastEnders, BBC One, 7.30pm Like Liam’s recent death in Coronation Street, Max Branning getting run over in tonight’s EastEnders has been a complete non-secret... Read more
Jungle Fever
KANGAROO PENIS! I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, ITV1, 9.00pm Probably because we have enough on our plates with Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor, we never... Read more
Peep inside Sophie’s head
DVDs are great! I love buying them, putting them on a shelf and never watching them. But there was some stuff on the new Peep Show Series 5 offering that looked so promising that... Read more
Tonight in episode 4 of Dead Set: Patrick and Pippa make a desperate bid for freedom. Riq and Alex face unimaginable peril. Joplin thinks he’s worked out what’s happening. And the undead are still arriving… E4 at 10pm
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