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Contact us Review: Don’t Tell The Bride, BBC3
4:35pm Friday 3rd September 2010
MOST women have planned their ideal big day years before the actual event.
Review: Stephen Tompkinson’s Australian Balloon Adventure, ITV1
4:46pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
WHO he? An actor who was in Ballykissangel, apparently, which is obviously enough to earn him the right to base a series on journeying across Australia in a balloon.
Review: Mastermind, BBC2
4:47pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
WHAT has happened to Mastermind? Since Magnus Magnusson quit this, the Everest of quizzes, the questions have definitely got easier.
Review: The X Factor, ITV1
3:12pm Friday 27th August 2010
IS it me? Have we really got to the point that The X Factor is the peak of TV programming?
Review: Teen Undertaker, Channel 4
12:01pm Thursday 26th August 2010
I HAD a mate at school who wanted to be an undertaker — he ended up working for M&S.
Review: In Their Own Words: British Novelists, BBC4
11:59am Thursday 26th August 2010
YES, as you will have gathered, I am an intellectual.
Review: The One Show, BBC1
4:08pm Wednesday 25th August 2010
THEY might have faced mixed reviews but Jason Manford and Alex Jones could be just what The One Show needed if you ask me.
Review: Gears And Tears, BBC1
3:28pm Wednesday 25th August 2010
I DISLIKE petrolheads and, indeed, believe the first six letters could easily be replaced by something more offensive and still mean the same.
Review: EastEnders, BBC1
2:37pm Friday 13th August 2010
THE PC brigade has been ranting again this week. This time, it’s about the pre-watershed drugs binge indulged in by Walford Square’s finest addict Phil Mitchell.
Review: Heartbeat, ITV1
1:32pm Thursday 12th August 2010
I WENT up to Goathland recently and there seemed to be a distinct lack of crime going on — come 8 o’clock on a Sunday night, though, and it’s all happening.
Review: Fat and Proud, Sky 3
1:28pm Thursday 12th August 2010
WELL, I suppose we don’t have too much to be proud of these days, so we might as well shout about being overweight.
Review: Wu-Tang Clan @ Academy 1, Manchester
9:07am Thursday 5th August 2010
DESPITE their status as one of the greatest groups in hip hop history, Wu-Tang Clan have become notorious for no-shows and late cancellations of live dates.
Review: Man v Food, Good Food Channel
1:24pm Thursday 5th August 2010
THIS programme confirms all your — well, my — worst prejudices about Americans.
Review: Coast, BBC2
3:18pm Friday 30th July 2010
FROM the opening bars of its orchestral score to the spectacular panning shots from the air, it’s nice to see that the Beeb still puts on programmes you can rely on.
Review: The Hotel Inspector, Five
1:59pm Thursday 29th July 2010
I ONCE stayed in a hotel in Torquay at which the owner, having taken payment in advance, said that due to rising costs he would have to charge 5p per tea bag and 6p for milk, while, if we wanted to take a shower, that would be 20p a go.
Review: John Bishop’s Britain, BBC1
2:00pm Thursday 29th July 2010
WHEN comedians make the move from the stage to hosting their own television show they tend to lose the edge that got them there in the first place.
Review: The Ugly Face of Beauty, Channel 4
4:48pm Friday 23rd July 2010
EVER fancied having a bit of ‘work’ done? Maybe breast enlargement, liposuction or a facelift?
Review: Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, BBC1
3:48pm Thursday 22nd July 2010
I’VE spent a lot of Friday nights with Jonathan Ross. Too many, I think.
Review: 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow, BBC1
3:07pm Friday 16th July 2010
IT’S Saturday night and the brains trust of the Beeb has been set a problem.
Review: The Private Life Of Cows, BBC2
4:13pm Thursday 15th July 2010
WHO’D have guessed it? Cows are more intelligent than Jimmy Doherty.
Review: Top Gear, BBC2
4:35pm Friday 9th July 2010
TO quote a Thin Lizzy lyric, the boys are back in town. But could it be that the Top Gear team have actually listened to their critics?
Review: EastEnders, BBC1
3:52pm Friday 2nd July 2010
IT’S about time soapland’s market traders and barmaids considered new careers as police investigators.
Review: Scissor Sisters @ Apollo, Manchester
1:04pm Tuesday 29th June 2010
Any grumbles last night's heavy downpour may have caused the crowd were swept away when the house lights lit up on the first guitar chord.
Review: Big Brother, Channel 4
3:34pm Friday 25th June 2010
OK. I hold my hand up: I admit I’m a Big Brother fan.
Review: Come Dine With Me: WAGS Special and Footballers’ Special, Channel 4
3:52pm Friday 18th June 2010
TWO episodes, both highlighting the lives of football families, yet the people featured inhabit completely different worlds.
Review: Grow Your Own, BBC2
3:53pm Friday 18th June 2010
WHEN my partner Sky Plus-ed this, I genuinely thought I was going to be watching yet another programme about the joys of nurturing organic veg.
Review: Pink @ Reebok Stadium, Horwich
3:31pm Monday 14th June 2010
AS the sun fell over the Reebok Stadium, feisty pop singer Pink confirmed her place as a genuine rock star.
Review: Mary Queen of Shops, BBC2
3:29pm Friday 11th June 2010
THE world’s most famous orange bob is back on the screens.
Review: Britain’s Got Talent, ITV1
5:13pm Thursday 10th June 2010
WHAT on earth would make anyone tune into this bilge on a regular basis?
Review: Soccer Aid, ITV1
5:11pm Thursday 10th June 2010
I HAVE always been a bit suspicious about charity events in which celebrities get together to raise money for the poor of other countries.
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