Category Archives: Goggle Box (TV)

The Exclusives on ITV2 – journos compete, only Simon Cowell is nowhere to be seen.

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ITV2 has given journalism the Apprentice treatment in a bid to find Britain’s Next Top Journo – someone who’s Got Britain’s Talent and the X-Factor all rolled into one. What’s not to like about a programme that gives six pre-packaged … Continue reading

Game of Thrones just got that little bit more sadistic – season 2, episode 4.

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Game of Thrones has been bloody, brutal and gory up until now, but season 2, episode 4 was altogether sadistic. I’ve only just caught up with it, and with episode five due to air tomorrow night, maybe this is last week’s … Continue reading

Channel 4’s Derek – Ricky Gervais plays himself and Karl Pilkington plays… himself!

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Ricky Gervais has come up against a lot of criticism as far as mocking the disabled is concerned – and though his latest brainchild hasn’t even aired yet, the new sitcom has already reignited claims that the comedy heavyweight is … Continue reading

Dirk Gently the new interconnected series on BBC 4 – I want to Invade Switzerland!

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Today I was talking with a friend about Towel Day and wanting to go to Innsbruck/Austria to celebrate the event in May. It’s where Douglas Adams conceived of the idea for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and every year … Continue reading

What would Yoda do? Tax dodging Vodafone appropriate the Jedi Master in new ad campaign.

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Tax dodgers Vodafone have paid for the rights to use the Jedi Grand Master, Yoda, in their new advert campaign. The premise is obvious enough: a new gadget/service where Vodafone transfers your old contact list to your new phone thus saving you… … Continue reading

Black Mirror by Charlie Brooker: Fifteen million reasons not to watch (well, not quite).

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Confession time: there were several things about this brainchild of Charlie Brooker that made me wince before I’d even turned the telly on.  And so there’s a danger my reception of Fifteen Million Merits might have been destined to be … Continue reading

Top Boy on Channel 4: a modern day tale of two cities – review by Tom Conrad.

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In light of the summer riots this four-part-drama about drugs on a Hackney housing estate could have been nothing more than a quick cash in and sensationalist portrayal of how people in the inner- city slums live. Fortunately it wasn’t. … Continue reading

The Adhurt: Mike Cannon blasts erroneous toothpaste technology.

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If there is one thing I can’t do it is leaving my flat without cleaning my teeth.  The few rare occasions this has happened (usually the result of a drunken night and crashing at someone’s home minus my toothbrush) I … Continue reading

Scenes I’d Like to See and the Decline of Sitcom – written by Becky Shepherd.

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David Croft, one of the most influential names in comedy died this week. Dad’s Army and Are You Being Served? are among his most famous creations and as I dragged out my box sets in a slightly insignificant act of … Continue reading

Adhurt: The Cereal Killers – where Mike Cannon blasts Special K and avoids dying from Weetabix related asphyxiation.

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A balanced diet is an incredibly important part of maintaining a functioning and healthy body, no one would argue with that, except perhaps Lions which only eat meat and are super fast and powerful without even sniffing so much as … Continue reading