Mike Read and Terry Wogan must really have thought someone had it in for them at the dawn of 1983.  These two were the kings of breakfast on Radios 1 and 2 respectively.  Breakfast radio was the only broadcasting outlet then; but it was soon to be joined by not one, but two rivals, as […]

“Hello, I’m Shouting at Telly, and I’m an American sitcom addict”.  I know this is an unfashionable statement and really I should be binge watching box sets of Breaking Bad or Games of Thrones, but I don’t have the time.  I did have the time, but I lost it when I stumbled across and old […]

Once upon a time you knew exactly where you stood with the TV channels and drama.  In the 70’s the BBC did costume dramas such as Poldark (complete with shirts), The Onedin Lineand The Duchess of Duke Street; ITV meanwhile did tough crime and action dramas such as The Sweeney, The Professionals and The New Avengers.  Now it’s all changed.  Post Downton, the BBC […]

TV criticism is probably the pinnacle of journalism, nay literature.   Many don’t appreciate how hard wot it is and the effort wot it takes to craft pithy, constructive and relevant reviews.  Ok, regular readers of this blog will know that that statement is a load of tosh.  These TV reviews are irrelevant ramblings of a […]

There’s a new channel in town and it called W.  Or it could be Channel W.  Or the W Channel? It’s part of the UKTV family of channels that was originally formed by BBC Worldwide and Thames TV way back in 1992 when digital TV meant using your finger to change the channel.  It’s now […]