What is it with Saturday night and singing contests? The latest offering is Altogether Now. (Which has nothing to do with the Farm song of the same name, but don’t worry, you can listen to that here). This is the BBC’s attempt to supersize the singing show format. Four judges? That’s so X Factor! Spinning […]
Read More →Did anyone watch the Frankie Drake Mysteries this week on Alibi? No? Just me? Thought so. I’ll be honest it’s the first time I have ever watched Alibi. On Sky it lies somewhere between the decent channels and the movie channels. It’s part of the UKTV group of channels so the likes of Dave, Gold […]
Read More →Who knew that Pro-Am painting was not only a thing, but actually a spectator sport? This is exactly what Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018 is and it returned for its 4th series this week. If you thought the Bake Off was middle class, then this will blow your John Lewis socks off. […]
Read More →Women are funny. No, that’s not a misogynist comment, comedians who happen to be female are as funny, often more funny, than their male colleagues. That statement may sound as misogynist as the first line, but the subject of women in comedy has been the subject of books, TV documentaries and University dissertations. Comedy is […]
Read More →Dancing on Ice is back on our screen (or ”Strictly with the risk of concussion” as it is more accurately known). For nearly a decade it ran as the second most dangerous celeb reality show (The Jump being the daddy of shows that left celebs permanently damaged). It ended when Torvill and Dean decided that […]
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