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The Register has an article depicting the strife that the BBC/Channel 4/ITV funded IPTV scheme YouView seems to be in. I think YouView is a great idea and I have gone through every possible avenue trying to get BBC iPlayer on my TV. Without buying a new one, there doesn’t seem to be an easy [...]

Over 2 years after ‘Children of Earth’ aired in the UK, BBC1 viewers will see the new series at 9pm on July 1st, 2011. With only two original cast still alive, there is some new blood in the form of Bill Pullman?! Not sure what to make of that… If the new series is anything [...]

I am not the only person to think that Torchwood’s “Children of Earth” mini-series is up there with the best of Battlestar Galactica. The Guardian’s Daniel Martin thinks so, and heaps praise on the series. And rightly so. I have rarely seen science fiction encompass all aspects of drama, but CoE has a fair amount [...]

I am just too busy being academic. See you in April… But Being Human ended well didn’t it?

At last I think BBC3′s vampire/werewolf/ghost story is coming of age – and only in the penultimate episode too! The impending war of the vampires that was touted in the original pilot seems to be taking off, and the “taking sides” angle has borne fruit. The only issue left is whether or not this is [...]

Check this out…it is nigh on awful. Something called The Prayer Hour which is a parody on the evangelical TV pastors that you can fund festering the corners of satellite TV. The Gary Busey one is hilarious. Apparently Bible stands for “Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth”.

This couldn’t have happened to a nicer person… Yep, Anne Robinson today had some element of comeuppance and was banned for speeding today. Not that she could be bothered to attend court of course. She just sent her lackey lawyer to issue her apologies. Yep, Anne. We believe you. Just know this…Wales will never forget!!

I cannot wait the few hours until we find out…are we getting a new Doctor? Apparently not. Tennant has been seen filming the Xmas Special already so I think the cliffhanger at the end of last week’s episode was a red herring. But a good one never the less. It’s amazing though that this storyline [...]

Right after Dexter finished, UK’s FX Channel had a problem. They needed a slightly off beat, adult oriented programme to keep that timeslot busy. Enter Chalie Jade. I didn’t know much of Chalie Jade, other than it “looked right up my street”. But first impressions didn’t get me very far, and now, some 12 episodes [...]