Well, a hearty good evening to you my dear blog reading chums. Now come along please, settle. That's it. And let us get you up to speed. Previously in our lives, 10 years ago, in 2009, the news was full of economic doom and gloom, dark intense crime dramas were becoming all the rage, and … Continue reading Hello to you and thanks for joining: the top 10 ‘such fun’ episodes of Miranda
Happy Boxing Day people! Hope your Christmas is going spiffingly festive so far. It's time, as always, for our annual End of Year Prizes for 2017. This is the time for us to hand out our awards to the great and good that we've loved in music, TV, film and books over the last 12 … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2017
If there's one element of Christmas I have always loved, even as a kid, it was getting the bumper two week Christmas and New Year edition of Radio Times and highlighting all the TV specials and festive episodes of favourite shows I wanted to watch - many of which have become evergreen favourites of mine … Continue reading My Ultimate Christmas TV Specials
"Remember darling, if in doubt with social conversation, switch the subject to gardening. 'My Californian poppy is really coming on this year despite the chalky soil - such fun!'" - Penny (Patricia Hodge), 'Miranda', 2009, BBC Eight years on from her sitcom debut, and Miranda Hart - along with her green fingered real life mum, … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: All Gardens Great and Small (More4, 21st August)
I have been writing and rewriting the opening gambit of this review for the last 2 hours and struggled to find adequate words to start it with. So, in the grand tradition of the lady herself, I'll try to with the king AND queen of all words: a moist plinth. Aaah, lovely. I digress. For … Continue reading #CrazyStupidDVD: Miranda – “The Finale”
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