TV, Issue 694

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US drama Homeland treads familiar territory

28 Feb 2012

The series, starring Clare Danes and Damian Lewis, bears some resemblance to 24

Damian Lewis seems to be the go-to guy for US dramas about tortured souls with a secret past. In Life, he played Charlie Crews, a detective released from prison after 12 years for a crime he didn’t commit, and in Homeland (Channel 4, Sun, 9.30pm), he’s…

Fist of Fun

28 Feb 20124 stars

Stewart Lee and Richard Herring's debut TV appearance given a DVD outing

‘It’s not as good as I remembered’. Thus sprach Stewart Lee about the first series of Fist of Fun, the BBC Two show which first introduced the bequiffed comic and Richard Herring, his cohort of many years, to a TV audience. While it might not be…