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It started out as the show whose pilot was considered “not as good as Phoo Action” and had to be rescued by a fan campaign. Now it’s got a worldwide fanbase, is on the cover of magazines and an American remake is in the works (now let us never speak of that again, it’s already [...]
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It’s gone from the BBC Three backwater to official National Treasure status in a couple of years, and its popularity even seems to have survived the abomination that was Horne & Corden. Now Gavin & Stacey returns for its third and final series. The first series saw the titular couple fall in love and get [...]
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At first, a three-part series of clips from the last four years of Doctor Who may not seem like that big a deal – after all, the episodes are repeated so often we could probably recite them.
However, Doctor Who’s Greatest Moments is more than just a clip show (though rest assured, the clips [...]
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As Steven pointed out yesterday, summer isn’t always the time for exciting new stuff in the world of TV (or music/film etc). However, one of the good things about it is that some shows get welcome repeat airings – and those that have done well on smaller channels sometimes get a big channel showing. [...]
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Tonight’s telly is quite promising, with Hope Springs, Ladies of Letters and Celebrity Wife Swap all starting. But by far the biggest event (and one that has pushed all-new Family Guy back in the schedules so you don’t have to worry about clashes) is the finale of The Apprentice, and your last chance to [...]
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Today is officially a day of mourning, for it is the last episode of one of our favourite ever comedies, Pulling. You may have noticed that Steven and I have been rather vocal in our support of this programme and also in our disgruntledness at its axing.
It seems we are not alone. All [...]
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Apparently, the BBC have decided tonight is the night to confront the nation about its overeating. Two ‘human interest’ documentaries follow the attempts of two women (I’m hoping some overweight men turn up in at least one of these programmes because I’m getting very sick of the emphasis in the media on women needing [...]
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BBC Three’s best show returns with a new series tonight, and it’s telling that since their previous best series either made it to BBC One or Two (Gavin and Stacey, Torchwood) or got cancelled for having characters over the age of foetuses and generally being funny (Pulling), the main thing they’ve got going for them [...]
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lowculture investigates
Two weeks ago, Steven looked at the state of teen drama, and last week I looked at British serial drama. This week, it’s the turn of American serial drama, and as my post last week seemed to have a karmic effect on Mistresses, which got a lot better that evening, I’m hoping this [...]
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THE LOWCULTURE VERDICT
How did tonight’s new episodes of Heroes and Law and Order: UK fare, then? Did they meet, or even exceed, my fairly humble expectations for them?
Law and Order: UK was a curious concept for me. I haven’t seen its US counterpart(s), so I can’t tell what was part of the format [...]
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I see a little silhouetto of a muppet.
Oh dear, what are you on about now? Join the discussion here.
I saw them perform it "live" on GMTV this morning and I nearly spluttered out my tea. 