TV

The school of hard knocks

Friday 26 February, 2010 Vancouver 2010 mascots

Robin Stevens on the strangely mean experience of watching the Olympics.

The kids aren’t all right

Friday 26 February, 2010

In his column, William Grove discusses the current state of advertising on television.

To tell the truth

Friday 26 February, 2010

Chloe Francis wonders whether you should believe everything you see on TV

Latest

  • Just say no

    Friday 26 February, 2010

    In this week's column, William Grove ponders drug use on TV

  • Realitypolitik

    Friday 26 February, 2010 Tower Block of Commons

    Toby Steinberg reviews Channel 4's new political reality show, Tower Block of Commons

  • Teenage kicks

    Friday 26 February, 2010 Skins Season 4

    As the fourth season of Skins gets underway, Maxine Bodicoat decides that the honeymoon is finally over.

  • Goodbye, fwiends

    Friday 29 January, 2010 Jonathan Ross making a face

    As the great Wossy prepares to leave the BBC, Chloe Francis considers his legacy. Does the BBC need him after all?

  • Show meets world

    Friday 29 January, 2010 Coming of Age

    William Grove escapes from his regular weekly column to interview Tim Dawson, creator of Coming of Age, about the future of youth TV on the BBC.

  • Love’s Labours Lost

    Friday 29 January, 2010 Lost Last Supper

    As the sixth and final series of Lost fast approaches, Emily Wight gives us a reminder of the extremely convoluted plot so far. Beware: contains spoilers!

  • Foxtrotting

    Friday 29 January, 2010

    In this week's column, Toby Steinberg spends some time getting to grips with Fox, the Righter side of news.

  • Hitting the brakes

    Monday 7 December, 2009 Top Gear

    The now longstanding staple of Sunday night television, Top Gear began its fourteenth series several …

  • Awful comedy

    Monday 7 December, 2009

    At the moment, I feel more confused than an obsessive Gary Glitter fan circa 1997. …

  • Jack Bauer vs. Lucas North

    Monday 7 December, 2009 Jack Bauer

    Promoting itself as the first and only show to be shot in ‘real time’, 24 …

  • The Waters of Mars

    Monday 23 November, 2009 Dr Who

    Set in 2059, ‘The Waters of Mars’ tells the story of the downfall of the …

  • Sci-fi fit for the Topshop generation

    Monday 23 November, 2009

    Those crazy kids at E4 are at it again, making our Topshop generation their disaffected …

  • The death of rock ‘n’ roll

    Monday 23 November, 2009 Gary Glitter

    Ben Lamb explores the most controversial Channel 4 drama of the year

  • Yanking your chain

    Monday 23 November, 2009 Modern Family

    Oliver Coleman discusses the state of modern American comedy

  • Out of this world

    Monday 23 November, 2009 Dr Who writers

    Rob Shearman and Joe Lidster, who have between them written for Doctor Who, Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures, recently appeared at Warwick to talk to members of the Sci Fi society about their experiences.

  • Do the Time Warp

    Tuesday 10 November, 2009 Flash forward

    Harry Barker thinks that ABC's new blockbuster TV series FlashForward might be a little bit Lost

  • A kitchen nightmare

    Tuesday 10 November, 2009 Gordon Ramsay

    Here’s a riddle: when is a smug git not a smug git? Answer: when he’s …

  • The recipe for TV success

    Tuesday 10 November, 2009

    I hope I’m not alone in saying that I like business based reality TV programs. …

  • Blast from the past

    Thursday 29 October, 2009

    This past Thursday, a scrag end from my past appeared on television. Like the unwelcome …

  • Sounds like team spirit

    Thursday 29 October, 2009

    Robin Stevens is gleeful about FOX's new high school drama

  • That Mitchell and Webb look

    Thursday 29 October, 2009

    Maxine Bodicoat ditches the sitcoms for the cringe-inducing realism of Peep Show

  • Going to the zoo

    Tuesday 13 October, 2009 Mark Carwardine and Stephen Fry on Last Chance to See

    Last Chance to See is back after twenty years. Robin Stevens gets all misty eyed.

  • Screen burn

    Tuesday 13 October, 2009

    William Grove gets his rant on.

  • X - rated

    Tuesday 13 October, 2009

    Sonali Samani reviews the new series of X Factor and discusses the latest round of Leona Lewis wannabes.

  • It’s always funny

    Monday 5 October, 2009 Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia's pilot episode only cost $85 to make. You might expect …

Archive

Channel 4

  • Realitypolitik

    Friday 26 February, 2010

    Toby Steinberg reviews Channel 4's new political reality show, Tower Block of Commons

  • Teenage kicks

    Friday 26 February, 2010

    As the fourth season of Skins gets underway, Maxine Bodicoat decides that the honeymoon is finally over.

BBC

  • Goodbye, fwiends

    Friday 29 January, 2010

    As the great Wossy prepares to leave the BBC, Chloe Francis considers his legacy. Does the BBC need him after all?

  • A hero’s welcome

    Monday 22 June, 2009

    In current times, when the BBC finances are a bridge over the troubled fiscal waters …

Reality television

  • Realitypolitik

    Friday 26 February, 2010

    Toby Steinberg reviews Channel 4's new political reality show, Tower Block of Commons

  • The recipe for TV success

    Tuesday 10 November, 2009

    I hope I’m not alone in saying that I like business based reality TV programs. …

Skins

  • Just say no

    Friday 26 February, 2010

    In this week's column, William Grove ponders drug use on TV

  • Teenage kicks

    Friday 26 February, 2010

    As the fourth season of Skins gets underway, Maxine Bodicoat decides that the honeymoon is finally over.

Beverly Hills 90210

  • Living in Beverly Hills

    Tuesday 14 April, 2009

    Sonali Samani isn't impressed with the quality of the new Beverly Hills 90210 revival.

  • Best of the US: TV to Fall For

    Tuesday 30 September, 2008

    The Boar diligently looks across the pond to find out what's next for viewers.

Big Brother

  • Big Brother. Why bother?

    Monday 22 June, 2009

    When Big Brother first started ten years ago, it was groundbreaking reality TV. It was …

  • Yeah baby, yeah!

    Tuesday 13 January, 2009

    William Grove shamelessly loves Big Brother.