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Ice, Ice Baby

Just before our vacation, we were frantically trying to free up some space on our Sky Planner and we decided to give the Top Gear: Polar Special the 10-minute test. The test was a clear success as we happily sat down for an hour and enjoyed the antics of the trio of presenters. Jeremy Clarkson and James May joined forces in a Toyota Hilux 4×4 to race to the North Pole against Richard Hammond who was on a dog sled. The mention of the Toyota is important because it is (more…)

Andrew Marr Oversees Our Modern History

I am not a frequent watcher of history programming, in fact, I struggle to recall the last time I sat down to watch any factual history programme. So, it was just a coincidence that I sat down on Monday evening and, while flicking through the EPG, I saw that Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain was about to start on BBC2. I can safely say I learned more about the history of Britain from watching this than I have from any other source. This first of five parts took us on an intriguing (more…)

Arctic Monkey

It is not often that I write about music because this is, after all, a blog about TV.  At least it should be about TV: recently there has been a paucity of content about which I’m still feeling guilty mainly due to the realisation that my New Year resolution (to write here at least 20 times a month) was cruelly curtailed when April resulted in only 19 posts.  Anyway, last night I stayed up to watch an installment of Later… with Jools Holland, which is a not a show I generally go out of my way (more…)

Talking About My Regeneration

One of those added pleasures on a Saturday night (or more usually a Sunday morning) after watching the latest episode of a certain BBC sci-fi show is the fact we get another 40 minutes or so of chat about the programme over on BBC3’s Doctor Who Confidential. The first time I recall having seen on these “shows about other shows” was way back when the BBC used to broadcast a studio-based chat show after every episode of 24 (although for the life of me I can’t remember what it (more…)

The Gadget Show has sneeked back on to the channel Five and continues to make for great tea-time viewing. It’s premise is a simple one of light-hearted fun messing about with new gadgets.  The three presenters seem more and more at ease with each show but the whole thing is starting to run the risk that it is more about the hosts having fun than it is about the “toys” themselves.  Take the most recent edition for example.  We were promised a challenge between Jason and Suzi (more…)