Ever wondered what Matt LeBlanc’s been doing since Friends ended and the Joey spin-off barely even started? Well, not much, until the BBC and Showtime launched Episodes last year, one of these trendy Hollywood-based comedies where LeBlanc plays a version of himself. It’s now back for a second … [Read more...]
Episodes, Michel Roux’s Service and Fast & Loose: What We’ve Been Watching
It's not often that the cream of British comedy combines with the genuine American A-list - at least not on TV, our comics do get the odd Hollywood cameo - so to see Green Wing's Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Grieg on screen with Friends' "Joey" in the new BBC sitcom Episodes was always going to be an … [Read more...]
Dirk Gently and Butterflies – A Very British Obsession: What We’ve Been Watching
It must be with a certain amount of trepidation that any writer, actor or indeed major television corporation approaches the revered work of Douglas Adams, so it's no real surprise that it has taken so long for his novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency to come to the small screen. … [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...]
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