All articles by Stephen Price – Page 72
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RatingsC4 Masters a total turn-off
It’s lucky that Mr and Mrs Masters weren’t called Mr and Mrs Terry Fide; Terry Fide Of Sex would have been much less enticing a prospect than Masters Of Sex.
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RatingsHighs and lows for drama
BBC1’s Ripper Street and The Escape Artist lose viewers as ITV’s Downton Abbey goes out on a high
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RatingsDracula has some bite
Does Downton’s creepy crook in residence Mr Barrow look increasingly menacing to you, even more so after his recent trip to America? His cold dead eyes, scheming grin; is he in fact the evil undead?
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RatingsSport scores over fantasy
Not that we didn’t know it already, but after the Champions League deal, the scrap for the next allocation of Premier League rights is going to be epic.
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RatingsBBC’s seasonal outlook a hit
You can tell autumn’s here because the council’s leaf blowers are out scarring the air with their small loud motors, which is in no way annoying.
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RatingsBig impact for E4’s Big Bang
But The Big Expansion Theory just sounded like elasticated slacks, which is not a great brand image. E4 won’t care, though, as its acquired sitcom continues to expand.The Big Bang Theory began its new series on E4 on Thursday at 8.30pm with its best figures yet – 1.7 million/8% (inc ...
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RatingsLiving success: it’s Elementary
There’s a spot in Iceland where, you can, geologically speaking, simultaneously have one foot in America and one in Europe.
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RatingsBBC’s seasonal outlook a hit
You can tell autumn’s here because the council’s leaf blowers are out scarring the air with their small loud motors, which is in no way annoying.
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RatingsMurder most successful
At school, I got into terrible difficulty trying to build a model Tudor house out of an old shoe box.
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RatingsUK dramas fail to impress
The autumn assault of US dramas on UK shores is a constant one, and while Sky Living’s sultry and sanguine Dracula waits in the wings, two more turned up on our screens. At the same time, homemade dramas launched head to head on the UK’s two biggest channels, but were ...
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RatingsViewers enjoy a good moan
According to Dave and Karl, modern life barely gets off the mat; at best, it seems it’s good-ish before subsiding to something that has to be endured with the maximum of irritability.
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RatingsBBC4 quiz fails to connect
“Take your BBC1 shilling and be gone Buns!’ BBC2, wounded but proud, points dramatically to the exit. Then with barely a beat, but arms akimbo, it welcomes a quiz with hieroglyphics. BBC4 turns around, looks at the drawing board and says huffily: “Well?”
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RatingsBarks better than pub bites
I don’t know why the phrase ‘the county’s going to the dogs’ is such a pejorative one; certainly, commissioners can’t get enough of our woofy friends.
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RatingsX Factor loses its lustre
The shortening days always come as a disappointment, even though, without fail, it happens every year. But it feels especially poignant this year, as we bid adieu to the long hot days of the Grand Summer of 2013.
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RatingsDave’s Dave is goodish
My PE teacher, with barely disguised sarcasm, frequently said that my javelin throwing was “in a league of its own” – more often, it ended up on the chemistry department’s roof.
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RatingsRepeats work for Some Girls
Some girls, said the Rolling Stones, give money, clothes and heart attacks.
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RatingsIT Crowd in seven heaven
One of the best gags ever was The IT Crowd’s notion that the entire internet was kept in a small box with a red flashing light on top, with Jen as its trusted custodian.
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RatingsStrictly waltzes to the top
Brucie’s absence doesn’t stop BBC1 show from stealing a march on ITV rival The X Factor