‘Chickens’ pilot review
Written by and starring Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas, this new comedy pilot from Channel 4 could be, if we were being lazy, described as The Inbetweeners: 1914.
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Written by and starring Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas, this new comedy pilot from Channel 4 could be, if we were being lazy, described as The Inbetweeners: 1914.
If you’ve recently seen E4’s comedy drama, Beaver Falls – which looks like Ibsen compared to this – you’ll know the drill.
At some point during the 1980s, Thames Television created an episode of children’s anthology series Dramarama that was so disturbing that we can still vaguely remember it to this day.
There’s a moment in ‘End of the Road’, the latest instalment of the cross-Atlantic sci-fi drama, when Gwen Cooper looks on in befuddlement, clearly not following what’s going on, and utters in frustration, “Bollocks!”.
The body of Spooks with very little of the brains, the first episode of Sky1’s Strike Back: Project Dawn offers much in the way of nudity and action, but little in the way of a compelling narrative.
Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that are the most disturbing; and the single most grisly scene so far in Torchwood: Miracle Day is as uncomplicated as it is grimly effective.
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Wow! Rani from The Sarah Jane Adventures has grown up, hasn’t she? Not so long ago, she was fighting aliens in Bannerman Road. Now, she’s all legs and seduction, stirring up Beaver Falls’ very own love quartet.
Louis Theroux is one of our best documentarians and this new release of his five most recent films confirms that he is improving with age.
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