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THE BIG AUDITION REVIEW

Think Pineapple Dance Studios (that Louis Spence docusoap from 2010) meets The X Factor - and that pretty much sums up ITV1's new reality show called THE BIG AUDITION. By this I mean that it was funny in parts, engaging in parts, but it also went for the jugular at times in trying to make…

DEFENDING THE GUILTY REVIEW

Brand new sitcoms these days tend to be very hit or miss. This week we saw the pilot episode of one based around the judiciary on BBC2 entitled, DEFENDING THE GUILTY. My initial impression was that I really liked it. It was not perfect and certainly was not a laugh a minute, however there definitely…

THE REBEL ROYAL REVIEW

When the BBC was formed in 1922, its guiding principles were to inform, educate and entertain the British public. Today, it still strives to achieve these three Reithian commandments. A brilliant example of this is the documentary that aired this week on BBC2 entitled, PRINCESS MARGARET: THE REBEL ROYAL. The first part of two sixty…

WANDERLUST REVIEW

You don't have to be Einstein, to work out what the new BBC1 prime time drama WANDERLUST was going to be about. To coin a catchphrase from lovable old Roy Walker, 'say what you see'. Yes, Wanderlust is about sex. In fact, leading up to this first episode, the hype around this drama had led…