Fruity, spreadable reviews and commentary by the Tellysquawks team
May 16, 2012 2 Comments
By Jen Lavery
With just two episodes of Scandinavian crime drama The Bridge left to go, it’s been an at times gruesome race against the clock for our Swedish/Danish detective duo to stop a crazed killer with a chip on his shoulder.
So far, the whole ‘stopping him’ part hasn’t gone massively well. Read more of this post
May 15, 2012 Leave a comment
Dukes: not natural entertainers
For more than four and a half centuries, Chatsworth House has been owned by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Even though it’s in the Peak District.
Presumably the Duke of the Peak District had it taken off him for being too Northern.
We joined the Chatsworth team just as they were about to reopen after winter. This mainly seemed to include dusting, polishing, gardening and generally panicking that silver ornaments weren’t shiny enough. Read more of this post
May 15, 2012 1 Comment
By Jonathan Dockett
Ah, Location, Location, Location, a programme that suddenly becomes addictive for people on (or hoping to get on) the property ladder- that fabled area where irritating phrases such as character features’ and ‘adding value’ suddenly become VERY important.
Here are five things we’ve learnt from it so far. Read more of this post
May 14, 2012 Leave a comment
Nicholas Crane, the love child of Greg Proops and Paul o'Grady
By Riojafan
Ahhh, Sunday evenings. After an afternoon of lager and an amazing Premier League denouement, it’s maybe wise to scan the schedules for something a little calmer, a little bit more academic. Something a little more classy – apost-dinner brandy rather than several bottles of Amstel to help cushion the blow that you have to go to work again in the morning.
Coast fits the bill snugly. It’s an attempt to educate, but it’s the nice kind of learning, like having a kind teacher showing you films during double geography. Read more of this post
May 14, 2012 1 Comment
"Anyone for a cuppa?"
Sky are taking comedy VERY seriously at the moment (investing £600 million in it over the next few years) and Starlings looks like a stab at the quality, Sunday night comfort TV end of the spectrum. Though sadly not the comedy end of the spectrum.
My least favourite overused stereotype in life/TV is how the British turn to tea when things are tough. This is INSANE. Tea is a dull, weak, bitter disappointment. Gin’s much better. Read more of this post
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