After three series and nineteen episodes, we finally bade farewell to our favourite wee doofuses from a small corner of Northern Ireland this week, with the finale of Derry Girls across two episodes. So for quite possibly the last time, let's get down to the craic...In the first installment, 'Halloween', it's time for the one … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×06: ‘Halloween’ / 3×07: ‘The Agreement’
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#CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×05: ‘The Reunion’
Deary me we've got to the penultimate episode of the last ever series already? Better catch ourselves on then gang...And we open on the unusual sight of Aunt Sarah reading this week. Even more unusually: reading about the Russian Revolution... Da Gerry is of course questioning this. I mean Ma Mary reading Wuthering Heights in … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×05: ‘The Reunion’
#CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×04: ‘The Haunting’
Now, it's a bit of a rule of thumb that if an episode of Derry Girls opens on a panning shot of the school badge for Our Lady Immaculate College, then that usually means one of two things; an assembly of some description, or an assembly where Jenny Joyce is singing.It is with this expectation … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×04: ‘The Haunting’
#CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×03: ‘Stranger On A Train’
Before we begin this week... There's an announcement of sorts. Far from being half way to the end of this current series and thus to the end of Derry Girls entirely, turns out that actually... https://twitter.com/BritishComedy/status/1520081753347612679?t=i4hP9HhbCZzMroGS0VARaQ&s=19 Well that's good craic, isn't it?And now for this week's episode. All aboard...It would appear the Quinns are off … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×03: ‘Stranger On A Train’
#CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×02: ‘The Affair’
Now, it's been a while since we've been able to say that a Derry Girls episode combines a Ma Mary-centric storyline, complete with all the 90s references and some absolutely iconic one liners. But for this week's episode, we got hooked up and then some. And on with the show... We open at the Quinn … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×02: ‘The Affair’
#CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×01: ‘The Night Before’
Well, it's been about three years longer than any of us anticipated back in 2019. But finally, we can, with wild abandon, say "Slainté motherf***ers", as our Channel 4 sitcom faves Derry Girls returned this week for their third - and sadly, final - series. And so too, have our week-by-week reviews of the show. … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×01: ‘The Night Before’
Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2021
Happy Boxing Day - hope you've all had a good, safe and peaceful Christmas so far! As is annual tradition on this corner of the web, today is when I hand out my End of Year Prizes, where I name my favourites from the world of music, TV, books and podcasts from the last 12 … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2021
Olly Murs singing “Dance With Me Tonight” with The Muppets is the greatest X Factor guest performance of all time: discuss.
Olly Murs in rehearsals for The X Factor with The Muppets, November 2011. Image credit: Idil Sukan / Draw HQ With The X Factor finally given its official resting by ITV earlier on this year after 18 series, the dust has largely settled on the obituaries that said it should have happened sooner being delivered, … Continue reading Olly Murs singing “Dance With Me Tonight” with The Muppets is the greatest X Factor guest performance of all time: discuss.
Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2020
Goodness me that time of the year is upon us once again - so a hearty welcome one and all to this, our annual End of Year Prizes blog post! Regular readers will know what this is, but if you're newly joined, then here's the skinny; every Boxing Day, we round off our blog posting … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2020
#CrazyStupidTV: Little Mix – The Search (BBC One, 26th September)
"Listen up, we're looking for recruits / If you're with me let me see your hands / Stand up and Salute". So sang the Little Mix ladies on their massive hit single from 2014. Now, almost 10 years after they became the first ever group to win The X Factor, they are launching a brand … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Little Mix – The Search (BBC One, 26th September)