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Interview: Noel Fielding of Mighty Boosh on new sketch show Luxury Comedy
6 Jan 2012
New sketch show explores the comedian's surreal subconscious
Noel Fielding arrives at the Groucho Club in Soho wearing his favourite cape. It’s black with red details – very Ripper chic – and when he sits down, it balloons over the sides of his armchair. By the time the comedian and Never Mind the Buzzcocks…
Queen of quirk Zooey Deschanel stars in formulaic geeky comedy New Girl
5 Jan 2012
The sitcom falls in neatly with The Big Bang Theory, Scrubs et al
Adorkability. ‘Jess Daly’ has this in spades, and it’s the x-factor that led US executives to immediately order up a bunch of extra episodes after New Girl (Channel 4, Fri 6 Jan, 8.35pm) became the Fox network’s highest-rated autumn sitcom debut in a…
Chesney Hawkes replaced by Chico on Dancing On Ice
4 Jan 2012
TV Gossip
Chesney Hawkes has pulled out of 'Dancing On Ice' after injuring himself during training. The 'One and Only' singer had been due to take part in the ITV1 celebrity skating competition - which launches this Sunday (08.01.12) - but has now left the…
Corrie's Tommy and Tina to find love in 2012
29 Dec 2011
TV Gossip
Coronation Street's Tommy Duckworth and Tina McIntyre will find love in 2012. The lady-loving lothario and the brunette bombshell - played by Chris Fountain and Michelle Keegan respectively - will finally get together in the new year, and soap bosses…
The Hot 100 2011: 100-50
16 Dec 2011
The definitive list of Scottish creative talent
100: Gordon Ferris. Kilmarnock crime author makes good. The already packed Scottish crime writing field has finally found a bit of elbow room for another burgeoning talent. Joining the likes of Rankin, Brookmyre, McDermid and co is this Ayrshire-born…
The Hot 100 2011 - No. 22: Steven Moffat interview
16 Dec 2011
Writer behind Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes and Tintin
Perhaps the biggest stumbling block the latest series of Doctor Who hit this year were complaints in some quarters that it was becoming too complex. Yet Paisley-born showrunner Steven Moffat is rightly unrepentant about a storyline which began and ended…
The Hot 100 2011 - No. 25: Greg McHugh interview
16 Dec 2011
Man behind Fresh Meat and Gary: Tank Commander
When it comes to arresting openings in new TV comedy-dramas during 2011, it’s unlikely that anything came close to Channel 4’s Fresh Meat. The sight of Greg McHugh, naked from the waist down, blow-drying a row of Peking ducks won’t leave many witness…
The Hot 100 2011 - No. 56: Freya Mavor
16 Dec 2011
Moving on after being Mini McGuinness in Skins
All good things, they say, must come to an end. So with the Skins policy of changing casts every two series, Freya Mavor may well be currently filming her final scenes of the popular E4 show. ‘I feel petrified of leaving my baby behind,’ Edinburgh’s…
What to watch this Christmas: TV highlights
13 Dec 2011
Little Crackers, Great Expectations, Hacks and True Stories: Sarah Palin among the top TV Xmas picks
When it comes to Christmas television traditions, you could rely on a Morecambe & Wise special, The Great Escape on Boxing Day and trying to guess who would fall asleep first at HM’s shrill message-sending. It may have some way to go to be considered a…
Interview: Stephen Graham BBC Christmas comedy Lapland
13 Dec 2011
Star of Shane Meadows’ This is England
First record you ever bought Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Last extravagant purchase you made A cashmere hat. £80 is extravagant, isn’t it? First film you saw that really moved you Kes. Last lie you told It was a few days ago. I’m not gonna tell…
Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights
15 Nov 2011
The comedian's TV show is a mix of decent stand-up material and woeful sketches
Curious thing the moral barometer. After the faecal flood which surrounded the original Channel 4 showing of Tramadol Nights this time last year, some judicious cutting has been made to the DVD version. Gone is the Jordan/Harvey routine from episode two…
Channel Hopper - Life's Too Short
15 Nov 2011
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant team up with short actor Warwick Davis for new comedy mock-doc
When Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant set about their next major BBC project, they must have wondered whether to go for the docu-drama fakery of The Office or the celeb-heavy naturalism of Extras. In the end they squashed the two together for Life’s…
Shaun Ryder to hunt aliens on TV
3 Nov 2011
TV Gossip
Shaun Ryder is going to hunt aliens for a new TV show. The Happy Mondays singer has signed up to front History Channel series 'Shaun Ryder On UFOs' on which he will travel the world looking for extra-terrestrial activity. Among the countries the…
Sir Jimmy Savile has died
30 Oct 2011
TV Gossip
Sir Jimmy Savile has died. The legendary 'Jim'll Fix It' and 'Top of the Pops' presenter was found dead at his home in Leeds yesterday afternoon (29.10.11) by his doctor, two days before his 85th birthday. While the cause of death is unknown, it…
Interview: Kaya Scodelario on Skins, Wuthering Heights and Now Is Good
21 Oct 2011
Former star Skins takes lead in Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights
You were in line to work with Red Road and Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold on Wuthering Heights, yet you missed your first audition for the role? How come? ‘I was incredibly nervous about doing a period drama. I thought that to play period you had…
Bill Bailey's guide to scary film soundtracks
21 Oct 2011
The comedian and orchestra appreciator on what makes for good malevolent music
What’s your favourite score to a scary movie? The Bernard Herrmann score to The Day the Earth Stood Still [1951]. It’s quite futuristic and incredibly orchestral and atmospheric. He uses the Theremin [an early electronic instrument that can be played…
Scottish BAFTA awards 2011 shortlist announced
18 Oct 2011
Peter Mullan's NEDS receives four nominations in this year's shortlist
The Scottish BAFTA Awards have returned after a one-year absence, with the nominations shortlist announced yesterday by Karen Dunbar. Peter Mullan's NEDS, a film telling the story of a teenage boy growing up in 1970s Glasgow, received four…
Interview - Rob Brydon
17 Oct 2011
The comic actor answers our questions ahead of the release of his autobiography, Small Man in a Book
First record you ever bought Apart from Rupert Bear, Propaganda by Sparks. Last extravagant purchase you made A cashmere scarf. First film you saw that really moved you Barney’s Version. Last lie you told I never lie. First movie you…
Channel Hopper - Top Boy
17 Oct 2011
Affecting urban ensemble drama starring Ashley Walters and Kierston Wareing
Vaulting ambition and its often dire consequence are at the heart of London-set Top Boy (Channel 4, Mon 31 Oct–Thu 3 Nov, 10pm) just as it is inherent in every drama from Macbeth to The Sopranos. Some observers will no doubt draw parallels between this…
Rab C Nesbitt interview
19 Sep 2011
Glasgow's most outspoken resident talks TV licenses, tofu and Brad Pitt
First record you ever bought Bought? You didn’t buy records in my day, you liberated them at parties. To this day the intro to ‘Light My Fire’ can cause me a soiling issue through excitement. Last extravagant purchase you made A TV Licence in…
Mafia drama Romanzo Criminale - preview
19 Sep 2011
The Italian crime series follows in the footsteps of Wallander, The Killing and Spiral
A trio of tough guys beat up an old man with a full wallet. Except they picked on the wrong pensioner as his immediate act of bloody retribution proves, before we are swept back in time to 1977 and to a Rome burning with political murders, bombs…
Dappy Contostavlos wants fishing show
19 Sep 2011
TV Gossip
Dappy Contostavlos wants his own fishing show. The N-Dubz star admits one of his biggest passions in life is angling and he has vowed to eclipse the success of Robson Green, who has also appeared in programmes about the pastime. He said: "I love…
US TV boxsets: DVD round-up
16 Sep 2011
Bored to Death, The Killing, Weeds and In Treatment reviewed
If you thought that Ted Danson had delivered career-remoulding performances as ‘himself’ in Curb Your Enthusiasm, you should check out the dazzle he brings to the first series of Bored to Death (Warner Home Video ●●●●). Jonathan Ames’ Brooklyn-set…
Curb Your Enthusiasm
16 Sep 2011
Larry David's groundbreaking sitcom stays at the top of its game for an eighth season
After the high watermark of season seven’s Seinfeld-reunion storyline, Larry David brings us dragging and cringing back into his world of petty obsessions, chronic misunderstandings and friendships permanently teetering on the brink of abrasive…
BUG Hosted by Adam Buxton
26 Aug 2011
Entertaining but unchallenging music video presentation
The usually BFI-based BUG organisation’s remit is to celebrate ‘global creativity in music video’, and in that respect, this show succeeds admirably. Videos from acts as diverse as US indie-rockers Manchester Orchestra, electro artists The Chase and…
