This Is Lancashire | Reviews

Review: Borgen, BBC4

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:36:49 +0000

SATURDAY nights won’t be the same without our two-hour fix of Scandinavian intrigue.

Review: Top Gear, BBC2

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:14:43 +0000

HAS the unthinkable happened? Have Messrs Clarkson, Hammond and May actually grown up a bit?

Review: Masterchef, BBC1

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:00:20 +0000

WELL that’s the nightly viewing sorted for the forseeable future. Yes, the utterly compelling Masterchef is back with its collection of amateur eccentrics, would-be wonders and nervous wrecks.

Review: Take Me Out, ITV1

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:00:44 +0000

A SPONTANEOUS outbreak of ‘Paddy love’ swamped our TV screens as Take Me Out returned for prime time viewing on Saturday night.

Review: Sherlock, BBC1

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:44:03 +0000

WORK of genius or totally self-indulgent?

Review: Boardwalk Empire, Sky Atlantic

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:18:46 +0000

FORGET Downton, Doctor Who or the perennial gloomfest that is EastEnders

Review: Wonderland, BBC2

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:03:28 +0000

IN the week that Little Mix were crowned winners of X Factor, the Beeb came up with a timely reminder of what can happen to those who dream of a career in showbusiness.

Review: My Child’s Not Perfect, ITV1

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:23:24 +0000

I WAS curious to see My Child’s Not Perfect

Review: That’s Britain! BBC1

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:00:09 +0000

NEVER trust a TV programme which has an exclamation mark in its title.

Review: Continental Drifters, BBC 4

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:37:25 +0000

ANOTHER little gem from BBC4 this week when comedian Rich Hall presented Continental Drifters, his own distinct take on the history of the road movie.

Review: Timewatch - Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story, BBC2

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:44:20 +0000

UNLESS you are a Second World War buff the name Eddie Chapman probably means nothing to you.

Review: Frozen Planet, BBC1

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:18:10 +0000

IT is rare these days for a TV programme to be so compelling that you positively look forward to it coming round to its time of the week.

Review: The X Factor, ITV1

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:05:59 +0000

AT last, the great British viewing public is beginning to come to its senses.

Review: Young Apprentice, BBC1

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:39:03 +0000

LORD Sugar has set himself a new challenge - he is now moulding the future generation into mini entrepreneurs.

Review: Mary Queen of Frocks, Channel 4

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:35:54 +0100

MOTHERS don’t want to dress like their daughters and daughters don’t want to dress like their mothers, according to fashion guru Mary Portas.

Review: An Idiot Abroad 2, Sky One

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:56:28 +0100

YOU can’t help but laugh at the antics of Karl Pilkington in An Idiot Abroad 2.

Review: Merlin, BBC1

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:00:00 +0100

YOU can forget X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing — the real Saturday night treat is back.

Review: Educating Essex, Channel 4

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:40:05 +0100

EDUCATING Essex has been a real eye-opener — looking at how secondary school teachers manage with teenagers in your average comprehensive.

Review: The Body Farm, BBC1

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:15:12 +0100

THOSE of a squeamish disposition would be well advised not to tune into BBC1 on a Tuesday night.

Review: Big Brother, Channel Five

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:18:44 +0100

IT’S a shame for Channel Five. They tried but, for me they’ve failed.

Review: The X Factor, ITV1

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:07:01 +0100

X FACTOR fever is back but some of us haven’t quite got the bug just yet.

Review: Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 5

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:53:46 +0100

POOR Sally Bercow, it seems everyone in the Celebrity Big Brother house and all the viewers at home have made their minds up that it’s the speaker’s wife who will face the boot tonight.

Review: Celebrity Big Brother Day 6, Channel 5

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:35:40 +0100

AFTER getting off to a dramatic start, Celebrity Big Brother housemate Lucien Laviscount seemed to have a quiet day.

Review: Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 5

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:42:37 +0100

AFTER five days in the Celebrity Big Brother house Lancashire actor Lucien Laviscount has found himself at the centre of attention.

Review: Pendle Witch Child, BBC4

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:30:00 +0100

YOU may have heard of the Pendle Witch Trials, but do you know all the gory details?

Review: EastEnders, BBC1

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:17:19 +0100

IT’S all falling apart for one resident this week in EastEnders.... again.

Review: Timothy Spall: Back at Sea, BBC4

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:37:55 +0100

WE’RE used to seeing Timothy Spall producing some extraordinary characters in a wide variety of Britain’s biggest TV shows – not to mention the odd Hollywood outing too.

Review: Dragons' Den, BBC2

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:01:35 +0100

Hilary Devey aka Cruella de Vil in shoulder pads is really growing on me after her second on screen appearance.

Review: Trollied, Sky One

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:54:19 +0100

PERHAPS it’s because we’re so used to seeing her behind a trolley in Tesco, but Jane Horrocks looks right at home in the supermarket set of her latest drama Trollied.

Review: Town With Nicholas Crane, BBC2

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:59:18 +0100

OLD Nick’s done well for himself since he started out trogging around the coast of Britain in the rain, trademark brolly in rucksack.