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- Posted at 3:16pm
- 05 September 2007
- by LauraPledger-RT
- 1 comment
For me, the main draw is the robust central performance by Anthony LaPaglia as Jack Malone. LaPaglia spends most of his time on the show looking like a faithful black labrador that's just been kicked. Malone is also possibly the only character in television law enforcement to exercise his tear ducts more than Sam Tyler in Life on Mars.
For me, the main draw is the robust central performance by Anthony LaPaglia as Jack Malone. LaPaglia spends most of his time on the show looking like a faithful black labrador that's just been kicked. Malone is also possibly the only character in television law enforcement to exercise...
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Posted at 10:52am
- 05 September 2007
- by RhodriMarsden-RT
- 3 comments
If you're the kind of person who giggles all the way through The Elephant Man and chucks popcorn at the screen at the climax of Brief Encounter, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will probably have you clutching at the furniture in mirth, you heartless brute.
For those unfamiliar with the premise, a family that has encountered some kind of severe hardship – be it multiple deaths, chronic illness or financial catastrophe – are "surprised" early one morning by a small team of builders and designers, who send them on a week-long holiday while they demolish their house and build a massive, high-spec replacement in its place. With the...
How It's Made
- Posted at 1:55pm
- 04 September 2007
- by RhodriMarsden-RT
- 3 comments
I've never really wondered how pizzas end up in the freezer of my local convenience store. All I care about is that a) they'll get hotter when they're shoved in the oven, and b) I can kid myself that I'm preparing a healthy Italian meal rather than some waistband-straining carnival of cheese. But despite my disinterest in their manufacture, the Discovery Channel is going to tell me anyway.
How It's Made is a French-Canadian show, dubbed into various languages for local re-broadcast. In the UK we get the dulcet tones of Tony Hirst. He's better known as Hollyoaks's Mike Barnes, who is currently suffering the after-effects...
Street Crime UK
- Posted at 11:20am
- 03 September 2007
- by RhodriMarsden-RT
It's odd, isn't it, that Big Brother is referred to as reality television. I don't know what constitutes reality in your home, but it's been a while since I dressed up as Little Bo Peep and tried to glue pieces of sweetcorn back on the cob.
No, what I need after three months of surreal antics on Channel 4 is something stark, something grim, something that will remind me not to skip gaily around the centre of Cardiff singing "I'm a Little Teapot" when the pubs are closing. And Street Crime UK provides a pretty effective reminder.
The trailer promises an "action-packed show from Crawley and...
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