BBC
Setting Up A House Of Cards
(Mar 24, 2013) The worst thing to happen to television and the best thing to happen to appreciators of quality TV was the day Netflix outbid eve...
Television’s Reminder Of the Difficulty Of Being Human
(Apr 24, 2012) A werewolf, a ghost and a vampire walk into a bar. No, really. Being Human is one of those shows that wouldn’t have surviv...
A Sherlock for the 21st Century
(Jan 31, 2012) While everyone seems to be hemming and hawing (quite justifiably) over the US premiere of the 2nd season of Downton Abbey, I̵...
Light A Fire Under An Old Sci Fi Fave
(Aug 30, 2011) The challenge: When the immovable TV force meets its trans-continental match in the form of the immovable object, who wins? What ...
BBC’s The Trip – Worth the Effort
(Aug 08, 2011) After watching the original, six-episode BBC series of the Trip (don’t ask how I found it, it was extra-legal!), I’m curious ...
The New Alternative to Hollywood: British TV
(Apr 25, 2011) What are we seeing? British TV shows are extremely popular on the Scout Network—more popular, it seems, than most American TV s...
A Different Kind Of Spooky TV
(Mar 30, 2011) It’s true, I’m as big a mark for the BBC as it comes. My latest find has been Spooks or MI-5 as they’ve been ...
Engaging TV’s Moral Gray Areas with Luther
(Feb 11, 2011) The moral gray area is something North American TV refuses to touch very often. That’s why we must be consistently thankfu...
Outcasts
(Feb 10, 2011) I just discovered quite possibly the best sci-fi drama on TV in a very long time, if the first episode is anything to judge it by...
It’s Never Elementary, My Dear Watson
(Nov 18, 2010) My original response to yet another damn Sherlock Holmes remake was to in the words of Judas Priest, “Run to the Hiiiiiiill...
Embracing the International Language of the Tardis
(Aug 23, 2010) I can’t help it. In the face of an upcoming season of shows that retread long standing sci-fi ratings hits like Heroes, Th...
Sherlock updated
(Aug 09, 2010) Whilst in the UK, I recently saw the first in a 3 part show, Sherlock, produced by the BBC. It is a contemporary update of Arthur ...“Like 90210 with sex and E”
(Mar 09, 2010) Lately I have been hearing a lot about the British show Skins. I have watched it a few times over the seasons, and have enjoyed t...