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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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LOWCULTURE THEATRE REVIEW OF THE YEAR
We’re near the end of 2009 so time to look back on the high and lowlights of the year. The others will be here with more traditional lowculture categories like TV and film, but this year we also started looking at how proper telly talent was appearing on stage in [...]
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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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It’s time once again for Comedy Showcase, Channel 4’s annual(ish) series of sitcom pilots. For the next 7 weeks they’ll be trying out new comedies, each of them hoping to be commissioned for a full series. Who knows, maybe this’ll be our first look at another comedy classic, just like that other one they greenlit [...]
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LOWCULTURE TOVEY ALERT!
Hey, did you see that bit in last week’s Marple when Geraldine McEwan regenerated into Julia McKenzie? Amazing! I’m sure I spotted Margaret Rutherford and Joan Hickson during the face-morph as well. (Warning: There is a slight possibility I’m making this up.) Anyway, the cosy Sunday tea-time tradition of brutal murder isn’t something [...]
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RUSSELL TOVEY’S ARSE! Being Human, 9.00pm, BBC Three
Last year, BBC Three piloted a whole bunch of shows, and the best of those, Being Human now turns up for a series proper. This show, about a ghost, vampire and werewolf sharing a flat, was one of the channel’s more original ideas, so we’re glad to [...]
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FEARSOME! Being Human, BBC Three, 9.00pmPIONEERSOME! Being Human, BBC Three Live Arena, 9.00pmFINAL FRONTIERSOME! Being Human, BBC iPlayer, a bit later
It’s been nearly a week since BBC Three was thrillingly reborn with a pink new logo, a handful of youth-friendly new idents and a YouTubey new BBC Three website as “the first non-news BBC channel [...]
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I saw them perform it "live" on GMTV this morning and I nearly spluttered out my tea. 