To be honest, I feel the BBC tricked me with this episode of Merlin. I was prepared for upbeat fun after last week’s dark sobbery, but that wasn’t what I got at all. In some ways, this was an even bigger downer. Which I will be spoiling, by the way, so don’t read on if you don’t want to … [Read more...]
Misfits: Christmas Special – Dork Review
The festive Misfits is here, providing me with a long-awaited excuse to put something other than a dull episode number in the review title. It also contains a much more exciting end to the current series. So perhaps this was planned all along and all that whining in my last review was a bit … [Read more...]
Dirk Gently – Dork Review
New last week, tucked away on BBC4, was Dirk Gently, an adaptation of Douglas Adams’ “other” series of novels, "Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency". I admit, I’ve never read the source material, so if you want a careful dissection of where the new TV version differs, you may be disappointed by … [Read more...]
Misfits: Series 2, Episode 6 – Dork Review
After a series that has firmly established E4’s Misfits as one of the most creative and fun mainstream shows the UK is currently producing, we have the kinda-finale of the second series. “Kinda” because it was the final episode in this run of six, but in actuality, we have the Christmas special … [Read more...]
Misfits – Series 2, Episode 5 – Dork Review
As Misfits has continued, they’ve worked their way through the big taboos in swearing, sex and violence, and this week, they finally cover one of the big ones. In fact, it’s more or less only incest left now. Can’t wait for that to turn up. And it’s not even the only disturbing sexual event in … [Read more...]
Misfits: Series 2, Episode 4 – Dork Review
This series of Misfits is flying by, isn’t it? I spend so many TV reviews nowadays talking about incrementally progressing subplots or clinging rigidly to a status quo (yes, I am talking about Merlin), and this show is untroubled by any of this stuff, barrelling forward on a wave of mad ideas and … [Read more...]
Misifts: Series 2, Episode 3 – Dork Review
In the formulaic world of British TV drama, Misfits often stands alone, thanks to its unpredictability and sheer bad taste. And this week, it launches itself from the pack again by virtually resolving the big mystery of the year in the third episode. Maybe I’ve been beaten into submission by … [Read more...]
Misfits: Series 2, Episode 2 – Dork Review
Now that Nathan has been excavated, the non-superhero non-team of Misfits get back to the important business of going clubbing and having accidents with their powers. Oh, and more of the mysterious masked man we’re apparently calling “Super Hoodie”. So did it hit the magical Misfits sweet spot of … [Read more...]
Merlin: Queen Of Hearts – Dork Review
After barely appearing last time, there’s a lot more Gwen in this week’s Merlin. Because, after two years of light teasing, this episode finally tackles her obvious attraction to that dashing Prince Arthur head-on. So, can love prosper across the class divide? Will Camelot society change, or once … [Read more...]
Misfits: Series 2, Episode 1 – Dork Review
After a busy year, in which they won a BAFTA and suchlike, E4’s Misfits is back! The Skins/Heroes hybrid turned out to be better than any of us expected, and has been rewarded accordingly. The new series, happily, picks up where the last one left off, with hardened smart-arse Nathan accidentally … [Read more...]
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