Do you love War World II era costume dramas, mystery procedurals, Silence of the Lambs,  and dramas about the feminist struggle in the post-war west? THEN DOES ITV HAVE A SHOW FOR YOU. It’s called the Bletchley Circle, and it’s a three part mini-series starring Anna Maxwell Martin and the husky-voiced Rachel Stirling. (Next podcast [...]

  Before we go any further there are a couple of things I should say in the interest of full disclosure. One, I absolutely adore British Television. There are, of course, obvious exceptions to this rule, but for the most part, I feel like they embrace the artistic potential of the medium years before the [...]

    Chances are if you own a TV and that TV is hooked up to cable, that you’ve seen ads for Syfy’s adaptation of this great hit from UK, Being Human. I mean, even if you don’t have cable, or a TV, the ad campaign stateside has been pretty pervasive. Although in my neck [...]

        Former VP Dick Cheney got a heart transplant this weekend. At 71, it’s hard to believe that he got the heart in question without using his relative celebrity and connections. I say this not just because he is Dick Cheney, a man who has done evil things, but also because he [...]

Oh my god you seriously haven’t watched Gavin & Stacey? Get away from me you monster! Get away and go to your local place of shame to present yourself for a pubic shaming! Ha, ha, ha, I meant ‘public’ but that typo is delicious and so it remains: Your pubes should be shamed for having [...]

We’re dipping your other foot in the water this week, and while we’re not exactly jumping into the deep end – this is not watching Keeping Up Appearances with your granny (What’s up Granny? How is heaven? Can you smoke Kents non-stop up there? I bet you can.) or the geek in you spending too [...]

As one lady to another, I would like to humbly assert that we, can be total assholes. It’s true! 90% of all contemporary T.V. wants you to forget this. They want to pin you into a corner and portray you and your buddies as nags, or klutzy, good-hearted girls, or beautiful girls with bad luck, [...]

I really like Kelly MacDonald. I would like to say that right here, right now. I  think she’s very talented, and consistently makes distinctive and bold choices when it comes to the film and t.v. projects she signs on to. Her sweet voice, her big brown eyes, her nearly impeccable ability to express vulnerability and [...]