And so we now reach Day 11 of #15Daysof30Lists, my series of blogs running each day until my 30th birthday next week where I list 30 favourite things in different categories or subjects to help you get to know yours truly that bit better. Of course I want this to be so I can find … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 11
Over 50 years ago, there were two not so little chaps called Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. And they lived and worked together in a disused cow shed in rural Kent, making some of the most iconic and well loved British children's television series for several generations. Smallfilms is one of the most widely recognised … Continue reading Once upon a time in a cowshed: the lasting legacy of Smallfilms
It's not unfair to say that there are two areas of programming the BBC have struggled greatly with in the last decade and a half. One: making Saturday night telly unmissable during those times of the year when Strictly Come Dancing isn't on the air. Two: making a show centred around pop music actually unmissable … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: The HitList (BBC One, 25th May)
BBC One devoted fifty minutes of its schedule on Sunday evening after the 10 O'Clock News to a programme featuring several well known footballers talking. Nothing new there, you would think. Except this time, it was of real importance, as they opened up a conversation that has long been needed in such a primetime slot. … Continue reading Why ‘A Royal Team Talk’ is the most important TV show you’ll watch this year
I think everyone is a little bit guilty of subscribing to the view that their age of TV as a youngster was the golden age of kid's shows, and nothing around for today's kids even comes close. Sometimes, that's a fair enough argument to make. I've been an uncle to two nieces and two nephews … Continue reading Muddy puddles, glitter and digging up the road: the zany and witty world of Peppa Pig
So six episodes later, we find ourselves at the end of another series of Derry Girls. And if you thought last week's episode was a rollercoaster and a half, wait until you see what this week's end of series hurrah holds in store - oh, and read on for a special announcement from our sponsors...* … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 2×06: ‘The President’
How's about you? With the series finale less than a week away, we turn our attention to giving the craic on what happened on the penultimate episode of this series of Derry Girls, which as you'll see, quite frankly could have been a finale episode itself. You'll see what we mean as we go on... … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 2×05: ‘The Prom’
