Reach For The Stars
The Cricket World Cup came alive this week as the Super 8 stages of the tournament came to a close. Up until now it has meandered along with some uninspring and one-sided encounters usually involving Australia dismissing all before them with an unstoppable flourish. However, in a thoroughly irrelevant match because both sides had already been eliminated, between West Indies and England, we got to see 600 runs, 19 wickets and a near-as you can get to a last ball finish. If the whole competition had been just half this good it would have been a highlight of the sporting year. Instead, I have dipped in and out of the tournament to date, switching over to SkySports to get a few updates and use the red button to see the highlights (the service is great and makes the subscription costs completely worthwhile). But what a great game it was, talking points on and off the field and both sides to face off against one another when the Windies tour England in a month’s time. Elsewhere in the TV week, we saw the 24 storyline take another major twist with the capture of the remaining nuclear warheads and the killing of Grendenko and Fayid. Just as we were all wondering what on earth would be happening for the next 8 hours, Chang, Jack’s Chinese nemesis gave him a call to say that Audrey was being held captive. It looks as though the series should be renamed “16 plus 8″. A good Desmond tale in Lost helped us find out why he calls everyone “brother” and Charlie escaped death once more. In Doctor Who, the Daleks took Manhatten in the best story of the season so far but I’m still resisting the temptation to award it the Show Of The Week because this time the Cricket World Cup gets the nod.
- Sun 22nd Apr: Prison Break “John Doe” (8/10); Battlestar Galactica “A Day In The Life” (8/10); 24 “10:00pm to 11:00pm” (7/10); Lost “Catch-22″ (8.5/10)
- Sat 21st Apr: Cricket World Cup (England’s meaningless swansong was match of the tournament!); Doctor Who “Daleks in Manhatten” (9/10); Doctor Who Confidential (8/10)
- Fri 20th Apr: Heroes “Six Months Ago” (8/10); HIGNFY (Still funny after all these years); Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul (made me laugh again 7/10); QI (Always brilliant); Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (Patsy Kensit, Gilbert & George, and Alan Carr… all wierd); Arcade Fire: The Culture Show Session (6.5/10… may buy the album)
- Thu 19th Apr: No TV
- Wed 18th Apr: House “Lines In The Sand” (7/10); Desperate Housewives “Come Play Wiz Me” (7.5/10); The Apprentice (still brilliant… 8.5/10)
- Tue 17th Apr: No TV (I was going to watch the cricket but saw the score and switched off and went and did something less boring instead)
- Mon 16th Apr: The Gadget Show (final show); Battlestar Galactica “The Woman King” (7/10)
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