Election ‘70

One of the absolute TV highlights of last year was BBC Parliament’s screening of the BBC 1979 General Election results coverage. With the minimum of publicity and in a resolutely low-key fashion, the entire service was repeated minute by minute in real time. Read more

Little Britain

At last! BBC3 finally presents its miniscule audience with a programme that’s worth watching. Read more

Dick and Dom in da Bungalow

It’s a fact that a rather large percentage of the audience for Saturday morning television is still trying to overcome the effects of the previous evening. Read more

The Games

Who wants to read another word on the glut of reality TV shows currently stinking up the schedules? Yet, how can you write a review on a reality show without dipping a toe into the now stagnant waters of this debate? Read more

Overnite Express

A low-rent The High Life on wheels – that would be the kindest way of describing this utterly dreadful comedy from BBC Scotland. Read more

dinnerladies

Invariably, when the epithet “gentle” is thrown at a television programme, it is meant as a criticism. Unsophisticated, they mean. Without depth. For the masses. No class. Read more

The West Wing

President Bartlet’s White House isn’t quite the alluring and mysterious realm it once was. It used to play host to one of the most unmissable, unforgettable series on television. Read more