Buzzcocks
Controversy? What controversy? Simon Amstell, the cheeky-faced tousle-haired youth who chairs Never Mind the Buzzcocks recently appeared on Russell Brand’s last radio programme where he seemed to enjoy baiting the Daily Mail. Who would have guessed he’d have felt nervous after that? Despite playing at being extra careful here, he is as dry and funny [...]
Hole in the Wall
Bear with me here. At first glance, this is worse than weird. It has a big dollop of genius behind it though, and it doesn’t take long to get hooked. The format is big in Japan (all the best gameshows happen in Japen) where it’s called ‘Tunnels no Minasan no Okage Deshita‘, but more commonly [...]
Summer Heights High
We don’t get much Australian TV on the beeb do we? I was pleased to bump into this ABC comedy ‘Summer Heights High‘ on iPlayer. It’s a slightly dark, slightly edgy, very funny mockumentary. Here’s episode two. Episode one is still up, so you can start there, but you’ll have to be very quick.
Delta Forever
I must confess that I plucked this at random out of the ‘sitcoms‘ section on iPlayer, not having seen or heard anything about it, so I wasn’t expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised by it though. It sort of crept up on me and by the end I was really impressed with the cast and [...]
Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts
A group of British teens coming face to face with the brutal reality of life in the slums of Dharavi in Mumbai. I can’t tell if I’m informed, educated, heartbroken, inspired by the story or like, irritated by the largely idiotic (though sometimes surprisingly insightful) teenagers. It is OK to be all of those things? [...]
