Posts by author:

Nik Johnson

Television Review: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth

by Nik Johnson

1989 was a simpler time, a world away. Yugoslavia won Eurovision, the other George Bush took office and Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj announced the establishment of Mongolia’s democratic movement. Sci-fi nerds across the country put their dragons back into dungeons and gathered round their primitive 1980s television sets to watch space sit-com, Red Dwarf. Over the next [...]

8 comments Read more >>>

TV Review: Ten Years Younger: The Challenge

by Nik Johnson

“Age ain’t nothing but a number,” sang the grammatical illiterate Aaliyah. And with that double negative, she agreed with the production team behind Ten Years Younger: The Challenge. See, age is more than a number, it’s a bloody great stick that can be used to beat a drab, middle-aged lady into agreeing to have her [...]

0 comments Read more >>>

TV Review: Booze Britain, Bravo

by Nik Johnson

Is there anything worse than people? No, people are literally the worst things ever. In the olden days of TV, when everything was rosy and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps was but a twinkle of a fart in the brain of a five-year-old, there were people called “writers”, who would sit [...]

0 comments Read more >>>

Next Entries →