Frost and Pegg Relaxing

I decided to give the latest talking heads/ list show a whirl the other week when I recorded Channel 4’s Perfect Night In, after I had found out that it would be hosted by Nick Frost and Simon Pegg.� The whole series was only a short run of three Sunday nights and, given the fact that the other presenters were the omni-present Lucas and Walliams (who preceeded this one) and Lenny Henry who followed, I think I chose wisely.� It got off to a nervous start as the pair seemed

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Tags: Channel-4, Classic-TV, David-Beckham, General, Hot-Fuzz, Nick-Frost, Simon-Pegg

Smithster and Gavster

Week 20, and I must confess that it is proving quite a challenge to keep my viewing diary up-to-date. You may have noticed, faithful reader, that I am not here every day to update the lists of the shows that I’ve been watching. It is a fact that I shall attempt to rectify since it’s not like I’m ever away from a computer but it’s a fact nonetheless. So, when it comes to trying to recall the programmes that I have been watching over the last four or five days I find myself

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Tags: Cricket, FA-Cup, Football, Gavin-and-Stacey, General, Nick-Frost, Simon-Pegg, Sky, West-Indies

Doctor Who Retrospective #6 of 10 “The Long Game”

This is one of those episodes of the new Doctor Who that had everything going for it. A great guest cast including Tamsin Grieg, Anna Maxwell-Martin and Simon Pegg, the dynamic of having a new companion on board (although almost everyone viewing knew that Bruno Langley�s Adam was not going to be travelling onboard the TARDIS for too long) and two leads who by this time were settling in to their roles with gusto. Where then, many fans will ask, did it all go wrong?

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Tags: Anna-Maxwell-Martin, Bruno-Langley, Doctor Who, RTD, Russell-T-Davies, Simon-Pegg, Tamsin-Grieg, The-Long-Game