Posts Tagged 'Sarah-Jane-Adventures'

Children’s telly on weekdays is a mystery to me. I tuned in to my annual dose of CBBC this afternoon: the reason, of course, was not to be bombarded with a cerebral overload of “yoof tv” or whatever they call it these days. Heaven forbid. Voluntarily selecting a channel where the presenters seem to be in a drug-induced state of faux happiness while spouting inanities at glove puppets between programmes full of

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Pub Football

Another View

The recent England football internationals gave me another excuse, as if one were needed, to head down to the local pub for an afternoon of beer and shouting at the television. There was a noticable lack of interest in the match against Israel as proved by the usual masses of fans, draped in St George’s Crosses and replica kits, being largely absent (”part-time supporters”, what would you do with ‘em, eh?). Despite that, the on pitch performance was pretty good. Steve McLaren

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TV Week In Review: 2007, Week 1

In these days of PVRs and DVD box-sets its difficult to know whether the shows one person watches are the same as the shows other folk are viewing. For example, Im still catching up on the last few installments of The State Within, which are about a month old and I even have a whole bunch of Firefly left to enjoy on DVD that Ive been meaning to watch for the best part of two years. And as we move towards a world

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Christmas Review #8 of 12

“A spin-off too far!”, that’s what you told me (you know who you are!) and I almost believed you. I approached the Sarah Jane Adventures with trepidation and the remnants of a mild hangover accordingly. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be rather good. A bubbly storyline (pun intended) and some suitably OTT, scenery chewing acting (take a bow, Ms Bond) were further enhanced by the introduction of a somewhat melancholy and anti-social Sarah Jane. Liz Sladen is

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