I hope everyone’s following the new series of Broadchurch. If you thought the second season didn’t live up to the first, then I think you’ll find that the third brings it back to greatness. Trilogies always sag in the middle, don’t they? People are being very positive about it on …
The video of the guy being interviewed on the BBC and interrupted by his kids is great, but even better is Ben Thompson’s analysis of it.
You can see the video and read about it at that link.
OK, so I didn’t post before midnight. But there’s a good reason: we were getting up-to-date with Channel 4’s Catastrophe, which is a great sitcom. We only started watching it a few weeks ago. Luckily the whole thing is available on All 4. Thank the tech & TV industries for …
In The Colour of Television Jack Deighton questions the worth of the famous opening line of William Gibson’s Neuromancer: The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.1 Jack questions its meaning, and describes it as “an author, straining, unsuccessfully, for effect.” I commented: …
Yeah, OK, so I missed my deadline: I’m typing this after midnight. But it’s still the same day I got up in, in sleep-cycle terms. Also in terms of how the TV listings mags give the days, too. Which can actually get a little bit confusing sometimes. It stems, of …
Do you ever look around and think how amazing everything is? How it all got there? And I’m not talking about the grandeur of nature, the glory of the universe, and all that. I’m talking about all the human-made stuff. I have often found myself in the middle of a …
There are certain interesting TV programmes that I’d like to see but I can’t watch for ethical reasons. If you’ve been around here much before you’ll be familiar with my contempt for Rupert Murdoch and all his works. I’m far from alone in that attitude, of course. But this means, …
I got to the end of The OA. Which didn’t take too long, seeing as it’s only eight episodes. It was another one where I enjoyed the journey, but the destination was kind of annoying. Though luckily, not quite as annoying as I thought it was going to go at …
I watched the first episode of Netflix’s The OA last night. Very interesting. I’m looking forward to watching the rest, and speculating about what “OA” might stand for. “Operational Assistant”? “Overcome with Angst?” I kind of want it to have something to do with UFOs, but that would mean it …
I just watched the last episode of Class, BBC 3’s web-only1 Doctor Who spinoff. It is really, really good. If you haven’t seen it you should stop reading this now and go and watch. Really. I’ll still be here when you get back. Eight episodes with special guest appearances at …