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Upcoming TV: The Devil, his whore, and the Survivors

By Dan ⋅ November 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In the first of what could become a regular thing here on Is There Food, I wanted to bring to your attention a few TV shows that might be of interest. First off, and starting tonight, is Apparitions. Martin Shaw plays an exorcist in what could be a great new horror series from the BBC. [...]

Being Human: Are You Listening BBC?

By Dan ⋅ February 21, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Dear Auntie Beeb: commission this as a series NOW! Being Human is currently airing on BBC3 as a one off drama (and is available for the next four days on iPlayer here) and if the idea of a cleverly written, Brit made, supernatural drama series appeals to you then I urge you to check it [...]

The Apprentice

By Dan ⋅ June 6, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

I have to confess to being slightly addicted to The Apprentice this series. Despite managing to resist Alan Sugar’s beardy charms for the first two iterations, I’ve been powerless this time. Up to now, I’ve managed not to blog about it, but I’m slightly stunned and can no longer keep from mentioning what must surely [...]

The Underdog Show

By Dan ⋅ April 19, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

What a piece of car-crash television this was! And yet, strangely compelling. I found myself unable to switch off, convinced that this was crap, and in direct violation of my recently imposed “I Will Not Watch Crap” policy. It was a total wreck: a group of seemingly senile judges (including Peter Purves, of “Peter Purves [...]

Jekyll & Hyde

By Dan ⋅ August 24, 2006 ⋅ 8 comments

I caught the back end of Chris Moyles (now there’s a thought) this morning. Their guest for today was James Nesbitt, predictably plugging the new series of Murphy’s Law which begins on Sunday. Whilst chatting with Moyles, Nesbitt mentioned he was to star in a modernisation of Jekyll & Hyde. I hadn’t heard about this, [...]

Doctor Who: 2 – 2: Tooth and Claw

By Dan ⋅ April 22, 2006 ⋅ 3 comments

Episode two of the new series starts badly. The "Crouching Tiger meets 28 Days Later" (the director's words, not mine) intro sequence is terrible. Even though a sick little part of me is quite pleased that the "unique way in which the BBC is funded" (my license fee) has given birth to a set of [...]

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