
‘An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List’: Episode 1 review
Following on from last year’s An Idiot Abroad is its sequel, The Bucket List; a series, which will challenge Karl Pilkington to undertake those “must do things” before you die.
Following on from last year’s An Idiot Abroad is its sequel, The Bucket List; a series, which will challenge Karl Pilkington to undertake those “must do things” before you die.
Last series, in the space of only a couple of episodes, Downton Abbey established itself as the pedigree television brand; so now it’s back on our screens, it feels like normal (silver) service has resumed.
Combining elements from old and new Doctor Who stories with some of the finest writing the show has ever seen, Being Human creator Toby Whithouse has created a compact, concise tale in a carnivalesque hotel from the depth of a nightmare and a carnivorous creature who’s a cousin of the Nimon. The Doctor, Amy and … >
Hypnotically random from the opening credits, Sky Atlantic’s This Is Jinsy treads a fine line between brilliance and absolute idiocy, with highly amusing results.
So, we’ve reached the end. The Miracle is over, death is back and Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper have managed to avoid its nasty, bony fingers.
So this is it: the last season of anything Stargate-related for the foreseeable future. It’s such a shame, and not just because the series ends on yet another cliffhanger.
Though it was announced in August that the show’s producers had decided to bring Spooks to an end, don’t reach for the tissues just yet.
For the first time since taking over as the Doctor, Jon Pertwee gets to step outside the cosseted confines of UNIT Headquarters and leave his enforced exile on Earth behind.
After the surprise success that was Season 1 of the US sitcom Modern Family, the natural question arose – would the makers of this show be able to continue the high quality of the award-winning and ratings smash?
Being Human creator Toby Whithouse returns to Doctor Who once more with a nightmare hotel, David Walliams as a mole and a couple of shocks up his sleeve. But does it continue the fine run of episodes?