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11. Sayle it isn’t so
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 18 June 2008Liverpudlian Alexei Sayle has always been fiercely proud of his home city – and his new series, Alexei Sayle’s Liverpool, explores the history of the famous old metropolis.
12. Is The IT Crowd too complacent?
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 26 November 2008Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd has gained plenty of fans over its first couple of series – especially those who can sympathise with the much-despised and oft-maligned IT employees the program focuses on – Maurice Moss, Irish engineer Roy and technically ignorant Jen.
13. Where’s the talent?
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 04 June 2008Saturday night saw one of the biggest TV showdowns of the year: Andrew Lloyd Webber versus Simon Cowell, as the live finals of musical reality show I’d Do Anything and variety contest Britain’s Got Talent went head-to-head in the ratings.
14. Punishments make great entertainment
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 11 June 2008I know that Big Brother’s started again this week – unbelievably, it’s the ninth series and the premise is wearing thinner than the average pop group – but there’s plenty of decent TV around if you’re keen to avoid Channel 4’s collection of attention-seeking folk cooped up in a house for a few months.
15. The No.1 ladies left us hungry for more
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 26 March 2008After storming best-seller lists as a series of nine successful books, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency has made the transition to the small-screen, with a feature-length pilot aired on Easter Sunday and a 13-part series that begins production in the summer.
16. Willie’s chocolate leaves bitter taste
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 12 March 2008When you have to resort to naming your series ‘Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory’ – and rely on one of the worst puns ever seen – then you’re not off to a good start.
17. Invisibles? They may as well be
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 07 May 2008New BBC comedy-drama The Invisibles follows a well-worn premise: a pair of old criminals – and masters of their art – promise to retire but, regretfully, are drawn together for one last job that’ll break the bank.
18. Come Dine With Me
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 07 May 2008Changing CDWM into a one-hour show hasn’t really worked.
As a devotee from the beginning, the joy of watching the contestants in this dinner party competition is the fact they are given enough rope to hang themselves.
19. Midsomer Murders
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 07 May 2008The haphazard scheduling of Midsomer Murders as well as its high repeat count, means it’s often only to easy to miss a new one.
20. A peep into men’s minds
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 07 May 2008Peep Show has got to be one of Britain’s unluckiest comedy series.
Despite an endless stream of positive reviews and a devout group of fans it was on the verge of being cancelled before the fourth season achieved merely average ratings.
