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TV review: Michael Winner’s Dining Stars, ITV1

5:43pm Thursday 4th March 2010

I QUITE like Michael Winner. He made rubbish films, his insurance adverts are terrible, but somehow he managed a long-term relationship with Jenny Seagrove and he once ordered his chauffeur to stop while I crossed a road in London, enthusiastically waving me on in the process.

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TV review: One Born Every Minute, Channel 4

5:45pm Thursday 4th March 2010

A LETTER fell out of a birthday card sent to my partner by her friend Dominique.

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TV review: Masterchef, BBC1

5:51pm Thursday 25th February 2010

“WHOEVER wins this it could change their laaaf,” hollers grocer Gregg as he shouts in another series of Masterchef.

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TV review: EastEnders, BBC1

5:50pm Thursday 25th February 2010

IN 1985, as we settled down in our gaff with a nice cup of cha, I says to my old mum, I says, “Mum, the only soaps that will still be going in 2010 will be Albion Market and El Dorado, you mark my words."

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TV review: Relocation: Phil Down Under, Channel4

3:26pm Friday 19th February 2010

TELEVISION seems designed to provoke jealousy.

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Peter set for Brits debut

12:07pm Wednesday 10th February 2010

PETER Kay fans will be able to see the Bolton comedian host this year’s BRIT awards when they are broadcast live on ITV on Tuesday.

TV review: Delia Through The Years, BBC2

11:54am Thursday 4th February 2010

IF nothing else, this programme serves up (ho ho ho) a lesson as to why viewing figures have dipped over the years.

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TV review: Bellamy’s People, BBC2

5:30pm Friday 29th January 2010

THIS programme arrived much-hyped, with a strong on-screen team and a decent concept.

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TV review: Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 4

4:22pm Friday 29th January 2010

SO tonight’s the big night — it’s the Big Brother final.

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TV review: The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best, BBC2

3:57pm Thursday 21st January 2010

ARE Dave Myers and Si King the luckiest people on television?

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Interview: Mary Tamm talks about Doctor Who - and win a box set

3:30pm Friday 8th January 2010

MIDWAY through Tom Baker’s tenure as Doctor Who, the producers decided on an innovative idea. The whole of the 16th season of the show, which was broadcast in 1978, would be one vast story-arc comprising six separate adventures.

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TV review: Gavin and Stacey, BBC2

11:56am Friday 8th January 2010

SO, the last Gavin and Stacey ever? Or was it?

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TV review: Save Our Boozer, Blighty

5:32pm Thursday 17th December 2009

TIMES have changed. Attracting a few meat and potato pie-chomping, real ale quaffing, beer-bellied Henry V111 lookalikes to the back room of your pub on a Thursday night is no longer enough to sustain a boozer.

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Panto review: Cinderella @ King George's Hall, Blackburn

9:29am Monday 14th December 2009

IT LOOKS fantastic, it sounds fantastic and you’ll definitely have a ball!

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Panto review: Jack and the Beanstalk @ Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn

3:30pm Monday 14th December 2009

It’s panto time again and along with my youngest children and their young at heart Nanna, I was looking forward to a night of good old family panto fun.

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Panto review: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz @ Library Theatre, Darwen

9:32am Monday 14th December 2009

FOLLOW the yellow brick road to Darwen over the next couple of weeks to enjoy a fabulous alternative to the traditional pantomime.

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Panto review: Sleeping Beauty @ Civic Theatre, Oswaldtwistle

9:30am Monday 14th December 2009

If you're after a pantomime treat this festive season, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre has a real Beauty ... Sleeping Beauty.

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TV review: Life, BBC1

4:31pm Thursday 10th December 2009

I have not watched every episode of the outstanding Life, but having sat enthralled through the programme about plants, wished I had put it on “series record”.

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TV review: The One Show, BBC1

4:30pm Thursday 10th December 2009

I occasionally watch The One Show as anything with Adrian Chiles in it is invariably good.

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TV review: Ace of Cakes, Good Food Channel

2:55pm Friday 4th December 2009

ESSENTIALLY, the producers here have managed to make an entire series about a company that bakes cakes.

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