One Brick at a Time

There is a proud tradition of selling TV programme formats between countries. Inevitably, the vast majority of remakes are viewed as inferior by the fans of the original; partly because they are used to the characters and the style of their own show, partly because the remake is made with a different audience in mind, [...]

This isn’t aimed at the legion of Doctor Who fans who watch the show and enjoy it – it’s for those people who obviously don’t like the show, but who keep watching just so they can log onto Doctor Who fan forums and rant at the world about how bad it is.
Why? Why do you [...]

There has been a whole lot of debate over the last week or so about the British National Party’s appearance on Question Time.
Now, before I start with my views, I think it important to clarify my particular stance on the subject of the BNP.
First of all, I despise everything the bunch of nasty little shits [...]

So, after becoming the most successful programme ever to air on BBC3, Torchwood gets bumped up to BBC2, and after trouncing the competition in the ratings, it gets a further bump to BBC1, but gets reduced from a 13 episode series to a 5-episode “event”.
Despite John Barrowman publically describing this drop in episode numbers as [...]

I’m a self-confessed Whedonite. I draw the line at dressing up as a browncoat, or carrying a stake with me, but I think the man is the best thing to happen to genre TV since Roddenberry said: Hey – wouldn’t it be a great idea to do a space series. His latest project – for [...]

Last week I said some hurtful things. You do, sometimes, in the heat of the moment, then dawn arrives and you realise that although you meant what you said at the time, you weren’t really in your right mind. There was something else going on. Honestly. It wasn’t you, it was me.
Ok, not quite. I [...]

So, as some of you know, I got into The West Wing pretty late. So late, in fact, I was able to get hold of a copy of the Season 1-7 box set for a ridiculous price.
Tonight I saw the last episode of season 1, and it is still my favourite TV series. This is [...]

Following last year’s successful pilot, the BBC ordered a full 6 episodes of their “comedy drama” Being Human. I didn’t see the pilot, and when I heard the concept I was intrigued, but not particularly excited.
It’s the story of three flatmates – one is a ghost, one a vampire, and one a werewolf – and [...]