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With her performances on Maestro and The Supersizers… Sue Perkins has started to look like she’s about to become a national treasure. TV producers have clearly noticed that everyone loves her, so they’ve been trying to shoehorn her into new formats, but so far it doesn’t seem as if they’ve found one that works.
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I have a new favourite programme, and it hasn’t even aired yet, but given it involves David Mitchell, Victoria Coren and a guessing game about the news, The Bubble can’t fail as far as I’m concerned.
The premise of the show is that three famous guests are put into a ‘bubble’ of seclusion for a week [...]
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A few years ago, Radio 4 phone-in show Down The Line caused no end of controversy as the complaints flooded in, from listeners who hadn’t quite cottoned on to the fact that it was a spoof. It’s taken its time getting there but the character-based comedy show has finally arrived on TV, as Bellamy’s People, [...]
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If you were asked about the cult/sci-fi TV you were excited about seeing in 2010, I imagine, like me, names like Doctor Who, Ashes to Ashes and Being Human would be high on the list (maybe even Lost for those who are still keeping up. But I can’t think Heroes or Survivors would have [...]
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The wine’s hopefully been mulled, the chestnuts are roasting… or at the very least you’ve unscrewed a bottle of Lambrini and opened a box of Celebrations. So what televsisual treats are there to see you through this festive season?
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Over the past three weeks, word of mouth has steadily been growing about new BBC Two comedy, Miranda. At first glance, it’s a rather curious proposition: a star vehicle for Miranda Hart, which is sort of in the style of an old-school sitcom, features Tom Ellis and Patricia Hodge, and has a mixture of [...]
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The days are short, the weather is cold and wet and the BBC newsreaders are raiding the dressing-up box. Yes, it’s that time of year again…
Children in Need, like all telethon-style events, is always a mixed bag. There’s an awful lot of dross and an occasional gem, and there’s the annual palaver of [...]
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To be honest we’d given up hope of a second series of Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful People so when it was finally annnounced there was much cheering at lowculture Towers. The initial run was one of the funniest, most warm-hearted programmes of 2008, and without doubt the campest. Loosely inspired by Simon Doonan’s memoirs but moved [...]
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One of our favourite ever reality shows is back tonight. The first series of The Restaurant surprised a few people with its success, but now its third run is here, it’s firmly established as a BBC Two favourite. What makes it work is the combination of so many winning elements: useless participants (and [...]
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After a successful Christmas Special, Reeves & Mortimer’s 15-year-old comedy quiz Shooting Stars was recommissioned for a new series, which starts tonight. Ulrika Jonsson, Jack Dee and Matt Lucas as George Dawes all return, while burger van owner Angelos Epithemiou (Dan Skinner) replaces Johnny Vegas as a regular team member.
For such a well-loved show the [...]
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I saw them perform it "live" on GMTV this morning and I nearly spluttered out my tea. 