TV Preview: You Have Been Watching, Channel 4, 07/07
Every now and then we like to catch a virus just to mix things up a bit and remind our immune system that it still has a role to play in our continuing existence. To keep things interesting, given that it is summer; we decided to go with the common cold. As males we know how devastating this can be, with days of unrelenting torment and an extra 15 minutes added to getting up rituals spent futilely pumping enough drugs and various homeopathic remedies into our bodies until we feel we can connect with the outside world.
We decided to hold on to this condition even for the duration of the maiden episode of
Charlie Brooker's new vehicle which broadcasts tonight on Channel 4. That's how brave we are.
TV Review: Law & Order: UK, ITV1, 23/02
Michael Barrymore, Les Dennis, Shane Richie, Keith Chegwin, Bobby Davro, Bradley Walsh. What do they all have in common?
Their very mention triggers a feeling of drowning in depression? They’re cheap, tacky, polyester-suited, out dated Bognor Regis seafront entertainers? They are people who should never appear on television unless they are being pumped full of dry rice then offered a glass of water? Yes. Those things are all true.
Now, Law & Order: UK. The British (read low budget) version of the US hit drama on ITV1.