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What’s all this, eh? First theatre, now books*? It’s all getting a bit bleedin’ la-di-dah round here! But fret not viewers, for, as with the theatre-fun, today’s foray into literature is very much telly-related.
While his League of Gentlemen chums fill our Thursday evenings with the wondrous Psychoville, Jeremy Dyson has opted to creep into our brains [...]
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Despite looking like it was dumper-bound last season, 24 has returned and is as tremendous as ever. The reason? Rising from the dead like Jesus Christ himself, CTU favourite, Tony Almeida is back in the sidekick saddle. This wasn’t a Bobby Ewing form of being dead only in someone else’s subconscious, Tony was properly killed. [...]
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PREGGERS! Love The Place You’re In, UKTV Style, 10pm
Viewers! Is your house a complete tip? Are you completely depressed that the imminent collapse of the entire global financial system means that selling your house and moving to a nicer one is impossible? Or maybe you’re one of those bizarre individuals who would just [...]
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SHOES! Lipstick Jungle, Living, 10pm
Oh, hello. I’m dreamy Andrew McCarthy from the 1980s. Before you start to have an existential freak-out on account of the fact that I’m quite old these days, allow me to hold you in my superintense steely blue stare while I tell you about my quite good new show. Well, it’s [...]
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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 [...]
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You don’t have to be a chin-stroking film sort to be familiar with the work of Stanley Kubrick. His films are cinematic behemoths, much of the imagery instantly recognisable: a bathroom door meeting with the business end of Jack Nicholson’s psychosis, Lolita peeping over her heart-shaped sunglasses at James Mason, Alex and chums gearing up [...]
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SING! Carpenters Night, BBC Four, 9.00pmThe 1970s were awash with the Carpenters’ melodic and occasionally haunting pop. These days, they’re often remembered in terms of Karen’s untimely death (has anyone not seen the TV movie?) but at their peak, the brother and sister duo dominated the world’s ears with their own brand of pleasant [...]
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SMOKING! Mad Men, BBC Four, 10pm
A few weeks ago, lowculture heralded the arrival of Mad Men on BBC Four. The fantastic news is that there’s still time to get on board with this show as it moves pretty slowly and is really only just starting to warm up scandal-wise. Please don’t let that slow-moving thing [...]
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BIZARRO! The Loop, Trouble, 5pm and 9pm
You know that programme, Reaper on E4? The one that’s likeable enough, even if it does utilize exactly the same plot every week and is probably most notable to people from the 1990s for co-starring Leland Palmer as Satan? (Ironically, he’s not half as terrifying as the Prince of [...]
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JIVE! The Strictly Come Dancing Story, BBC1, 7.00pmLIVE! Flight of the Conchords Special, BBC4, 2.10am
Has the recent loss of certain brilliant shows left life seeming empty and pointless? Fret no longer, because the BBC understands and is tonight filling your televisual abyss with a couple of tasty retrospective treats.
For those of you in the [...]
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I saw them perform it "live" on GMTV this morning and I nearly spluttered out my tea. 