Loaded is a new comedy-drama for Channel 4 about four life-long friends who become multi-millionaires overnight. The eight-part series is created by Jon Brown (Fresh Meat, Peep Show, Misfits) and is described as “a comedy-drama about friendship, ambition, gluttony, the peculiarly British distaste for other people’s success, and what happens when you’ve got £11.5m in … >
Written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Channel 4’s Crashing follows the exploits of a group of people living in a disused London hospital as property guardians whilst trying to navigate some massive life changes. Lulu (Waller-Bridge) opens the episode on her way to surprise someone, upsetting fellow passengers with the help of a ukulele. Her … >
Before becoming known to a wider audience on The IT Crowd, Richard Ayoade and Matt Berry made their first television appearances in the brilliant Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, a pastiche of low-budget ‘80s horror. A second season of Darkplace was discussed but sadly never commissioned, following low viewing figures and concern from Channel 4 bosses as … >
Based on David Walliams’ book of the same name, Billionaire Boy is the inspiring story of one man’s quest to unleash his potential to become an exceptionally terrible person with the help of a miraculous windfall – or possibly the story of one boy’s discovery that wealth isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. We … >
ITV returns to Benidorm for more fun, sun and sangria next month. The first of seven new episodes airs at 9pm on Monday 11 January on ITV. Tiger brings a friend along and a new family called the Dawsons are on holiday at the Solana. Joyce Temple-Savage is desperate for new staff, who will come … >
If your answer to the question ‘Do you like Toast of London?‘ is a resounding ‘YES!’ (in an attempted fruity baritone) then you’ll be delighted to hear that the third season of Channel 4’s Rose d’Or winning cult comedy is now out on DVD, won’t you? ‘YES!’ And while much of the lure of the … >
Quietly slipped into the pre-Christmas schedule on BBC Two, We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story is a lovingly made dramatisation of the events behind the creation and production of Dad’s Army in the mid to late 1960s. It’s still available on the BBC iPlayer until the end of January and is well worth catching. Here … >
BBC Two’s We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story is very like the show that inspired it. It’s an ensemble piece where each player has their own little moment, yet again and again it comes back to its two lead characters. The leads here are writer Jimmy Perry and writer/producer David Croft. Though not exactly the … >
BBC Three has confirmed the return date for Siblings, the channel’s sitcom about the worst brother and sister in the world. Created and written by Keith Akushie (Fresh Meat), the comedy series is back for six new episodes, starring Charlotte Ritchie (Fresh Meat) and Tom Stourton (Live At The Electric) as Hannah and Dan. Season … >
ITV has confirmed that the twelfth season of Birds of a Feather will begin next month. The sitcom, which orignally ran for nine seasons between 1989 and 1998 on BBC One, was revived by ITV in January 2014 and became ITV’s most successful comedy launch in over a decade. > Buy the complete original series box … >