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Paterson Joseph's Johnson returns for this week's Peep Show series 9 episode, in which there's trouble at the bank...
This review contains spoilers.
9.4 Mole Mapping
And it was all going so well. Only seven days ago I was singing Peep Show’s praises for successfully inching its way through the treacherous minefield that is sitcom character development. Although not everyone in the comments section last week shared my view about how well Threeism’s dinner party played out, the general consensus seemed to be that series nine was off to a flying start.
Sadly, episode four didn't live up to the high standards set by the show so far. In fact, the bank robbery plot that saw Jez rushing in to Mark’s place of work to warn him of an impending shooting was so bananas it felt like something from another sitcom altogether.
The episode got...
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Paterson Joseph's Johnson returns for this week's Peep Show series 9 episode, in which there's trouble at the bank...
This review contains spoilers.
9.4 Mole Mapping
And it was all going so well. Only seven days ago I was singing Peep Show’s praises for successfully inching its way through the treacherous minefield that is sitcom character development. Although not everyone in the comments section last week shared my view about how well Threeism’s dinner party played out, the general consensus seemed to be that series nine was off to a flying start.
Sadly, episode four didn't live up to the high standards set by the show so far. In fact, the bank robbery plot that saw Jez rushing in to Mark’s place of work to warn him of an impending shooting was so bananas it felt like something from another sitcom altogether.
The episode got...
- 12/3/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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Peep Show, now airing its final series, is packed with precise, very funny writing that reflects unflattering truths about us all…
There’s a speech in Peep Show’s series nine opener that sums up the show’s comedic focus: the gap between the face we present to the world and our inner feelings. Talking to Mark, Jeremy confronts his friend’s essential hypocrisy. “I know you, Mark,” he says, “I know you like to pretend that you’re this stuffed shirt who reads incredibly boring books about dead people killing each other with bayonets and typhoid, but I know the truth.”
That truth, gleaned from years of friendship weaponised for this coup, is that Mark Corrigan isn’t, as he pretends to be, a rarefied type fascinated by nineteenth century arts movements, but instead “a pathetic human who likes Twirls and Downton and Bond and burgers.
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Peep Show, now airing its final series, is packed with precise, very funny writing that reflects unflattering truths about us all…
There’s a speech in Peep Show’s series nine opener that sums up the show’s comedic focus: the gap between the face we present to the world and our inner feelings. Talking to Mark, Jeremy confronts his friend’s essential hypocrisy. “I know you, Mark,” he says, “I know you like to pretend that you’re this stuffed shirt who reads incredibly boring books about dead people killing each other with bayonets and typhoid, but I know the truth.”
That truth, gleaned from years of friendship weaponised for this coup, is that Mark Corrigan isn’t, as he pretends to be, a rarefied type fascinated by nineteenth century arts movements, but instead “a pathetic human who likes Twirls and Downton and Bond and burgers.
- 11/11/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Is ITV really going to bring back Cold Feet?
That's the rumour, with the broadcaster apparently looking to plug the Downton-shaped hole in its schedule with a revival of the popular comedy-drama.
If it's true, they'll have a job bringing the cast back together - some have gone on to be huge telly and film stars, while others have stepped out of the spotlight entirely...
James Nesbitt
Nesbitt's carefree lothario Adam Williams met his match in Helen Baxendale's Rachel - the couple overcame infidelity and infertility but were denied lasting happiness when Rachel was killed in a traffic accident.
Since Cold Feet wrapped, Nesbitt has become one of British television's most in-demand leading men.
He fronted BBC One's gritty cop series Murphy's Law from 2003-07, led Steven Moffat's supernatural thriller Jekyll - also in 2007 - and played the title character in ITV's short-lived medical drama Monroe (2011-12).
Of late,...
That's the rumour, with the broadcaster apparently looking to plug the Downton-shaped hole in its schedule with a revival of the popular comedy-drama.
If it's true, they'll have a job bringing the cast back together - some have gone on to be huge telly and film stars, while others have stepped out of the spotlight entirely...
James Nesbitt
Nesbitt's carefree lothario Adam Williams met his match in Helen Baxendale's Rachel - the couple overcame infidelity and infertility but were denied lasting happiness when Rachel was killed in a traffic accident.
Since Cold Feet wrapped, Nesbitt has become one of British television's most in-demand leading men.
He fronted BBC One's gritty cop series Murphy's Law from 2003-07, led Steven Moffat's supernatural thriller Jekyll - also in 2007 - and played the title character in ITV's short-lived medical drama Monroe (2011-12).
Of late,...
- 8/25/2015
- Digital Spy
Andrew Reynolds is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin creator David Nobbs didn’t get where he is today by not sharing his casting wishes for Reggie Perrin, the misguided 2009 revamp of...
The post Would Tennant Have Made a Better Perrin? appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin creator David Nobbs didn’t get where he is today by not sharing his casting wishes for Reggie Perrin, the misguided 2009 revamp of...
The post Would Tennant Have Made a Better Perrin? appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 6/15/2013
- by Andrew Reynolds
- Kasterborous.com
Leonard Rossiter has become the latest TV star to be accused of sexual abuse while at the BBC. The Rising Damp actor appeared in many BBC productions in his career, including his iconic role as Reggie Perrin in The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin, before his death at the age of 57 in 1984. The Sun reports that a man has alleged he was the victim of a sexual assault on the set of the Rossiter-starring TV play The Year of the Sex Olympics, while working on the production as an extra at the age of 18. The accuser claimed that Rossiter was present for the attack and that he arrived after being "tipped off" that it was taking place. He was then alleged to have "watched with glee". The man said that he attempted to report the abuse to a senior BBC figure working on the play but was ignored, (more...
- 11/3/2012
- by By Paul Martinovic
- Digital Spy
Doc Martin, which will soon be coming out with a fifth series, has an amazing story behind it, one which many of the show's U.S. fans probably don't know. Spun off from a non-integral character in the 2000 film Saving Grace, Doc Martin first went on to television movies which focused on Martin Clunes' character, who was then not quite so brash, and was suffering from a cheating wife, rather than a fear of blood.
In Saving Grace, Doc Martin is simply the local doctor, and rather a fun-loving one at that. The first Doc Martin movie introduces us to Dr. Martin Bamford, a London obstetrician who soon learns that his wife is having affairs with at least his three best friends. He ventures to Port Isaac (the same actual location in all three incarnations, later to be known as Portwenn) to get away from his life. He takes up with a lobster fisherman,...
In Saving Grace, Doc Martin is simply the local doctor, and rather a fun-loving one at that. The first Doc Martin movie introduces us to Dr. Martin Bamford, a London obstetrician who soon learns that his wife is having affairs with at least his three best friends. He ventures to Port Isaac (the same actual location in all three incarnations, later to be known as Portwenn) to get away from his life. He takes up with a lobster fisherman,...
- 8/29/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Filming started today in Enfield on a brand new six part comedy for Sky called Gates, a character based sitcom based around relationships formed between parents at the school gates.
Tom Ellis and Joanna Page play parents Mark and Helen who’ve recently moved to the South East where their nine-year-old daughter is starting at a new primary school. And they’re about to discover what happens when your children choose your friends.
Essentially a character comedy, but with a nod to those sketch-like moments of madness which can only ever happen in the playground, Gates casts an eye on how relationships with parents formed during fifteen minutes of a school drop off and pick up can so easily take over your life. The school gates can be an unforgiving, socially exposed political minefield.
Gates boasts a distinguished cast that also includes:
Sue Johnston (The Royle Family, Waking The Dead), Tony Gardner (Lead Balloon,...
Tom Ellis and Joanna Page play parents Mark and Helen who’ve recently moved to the South East where their nine-year-old daughter is starting at a new primary school. And they’re about to discover what happens when your children choose your friends.
Essentially a character comedy, but with a nod to those sketch-like moments of madness which can only ever happen in the playground, Gates casts an eye on how relationships with parents formed during fifteen minutes of a school drop off and pick up can so easily take over your life. The school gates can be an unforgiving, socially exposed political minefield.
Gates boasts a distinguished cast that also includes:
Sue Johnston (The Royle Family, Waking The Dead), Tony Gardner (Lead Balloon,...
- 7/25/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
For all the British television that makes some effort to cross the pond, some shows simply can't be reworked for American audiences. Luckily, most of them make it to us anyway, and the latest, brilliant effort to come by way of PBS (and of course, DVD) is Doc Martin.
Starring the by now legendary Martin Clunes, who has been a part of so many amazing British series that it boggles the mind, Doc Martin is the story of a star surgeon who suddenly develops a blood phobia. With little choice in his career path, he takes the job of Gp for the small village of Portwenn, where he spent much time as a young lad with his aunt (Stephanie Cole).
Hoping that the rural doctor life will consist largely of colds and the odd bruise, Martin hopes that with blood at a minimum he can overcome his problem and return to surgery.
Starring the by now legendary Martin Clunes, who has been a part of so many amazing British series that it boggles the mind, Doc Martin is the story of a star surgeon who suddenly develops a blood phobia. With little choice in his career path, he takes the job of Gp for the small village of Portwenn, where he spent much time as a young lad with his aunt (Stephanie Cole).
Hoping that the rural doctor life will consist largely of colds and the odd bruise, Martin hopes that with blood at a minimum he can overcome his problem and return to surgery.
- 5/7/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
A controversial drama-documentary about the capture of Prince Harry in Afghanistan failed to break the 1m mark on Thursday night, new audience figures have revealed. The Taking Of Prince Harry, which attracted criticism before transmission from senior military officials, averaged 890k (4.2%) for Channel 4 between 9pm and 10.30pm. Only 83k (0.6%) opted to watch the programme an hour later. On BBC One, the new series of Have I Got News For You continued to 4.64m (19.7%) from 9pm, down 600k week-on-week. The show was followed by the Martin Clunes-starring comedy Reggie Perrin, which amused 2.76m (12.3%). Earlier on BBC One, The One Show was watched by 4.05m (20%) from 7pm, before Watchdog grabbed 4.22m (17.9%) in the 8pm hour. Over at ITV1, Tonight: Wrong To Buy? snapped up 2.96m (13.5%) between 7.30pm and 8pm. Law & Order: (more)...
- 10/22/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Have I Got News For You returned to 5.2 million viewers on Thursday night, according to the latest audience data. A new episode of the topical panel show, which featured Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch as guest host, averaged 5.24m (21.6%) for BBC One between 9pm and 9.30pm. The programme was followed on the channel by a new series of the Martin Clunes-starring comedy Reggie Perrin, which amused 3.21m (14.2%). Earlier on BBC One, The One Show was watched by 4.4m (21.2%) from 7pm, before Watchdog grabbed 4.1m (17.2%) in the 8pm hour. On ITV1, Tonight: Bullies Online scooped 2.45m (10.8%) between 7.30pm and 8pm, while 115k (0.5%) tuned in on ITV1 HD. Law & Order: UK pulled in 4.24m (18.2%) on the channel from 9pm and 162k (0.7%) in HD. Channel 4's River Cottage Every Day brought in 1.68m (7%) from 8pm and (more)...
- 10/15/2010
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Fay Ripley has claimed that Cold Feet changed her career. Ripley, who played Jenny in the show, told the Daily Record that people still mention it to her when she is out. "Cold Feet completely changed my career," she said. "Well, I didn't really have one before. "People are so nostalgic about the show and as a result I become very nostalgic about it. People used to say, 'Hi Jenny' when they saw me." Ripley added that she has enjoyed filming the second series of Reggie Perrin with (more)...
- 7/13/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Amy’s Choice, set five years after Amy and Rory have left the Doctor finds them in the sleepy village of Upper Leadworth. Amy is heavily pregnant, and Rory, now a doctor himself, sports a rather unconvincing ponytail. The Doctor shows up unannounced and has just enough time to show himself completely underwhelmed by their lives now before all three wake up in the Tardis, Amy sans bump, Rory sans ponytail. Apparently they have all shared the same dream, but just as they discover that they find themselves back in Upper Leadworth again.
As they flit back and forth between the Tardis and sleepy village, unable to distinguish what is reality and what is dream, they encounter the Dream Lord (Toby Jones) who explains that they will face mortal peril, one in their dream state, one in their waking state, and have to choose correctly to survive.
I must admit...
As they flit back and forth between the Tardis and sleepy village, unable to distinguish what is reality and what is dream, they encounter the Dream Lord (Toby Jones) who explains that they will face mortal peril, one in their dream state, one in their waking state, and have to choose correctly to survive.
I must admit...
- 5/23/2010
- by Sarah
- Nerdly
Simon Nye, creator of British comedy Men Behaving Badly, has stepped into the world of time-travelling sci-fi to pen an episode of Doctor Who.
In the past Simon has also written for such projects as Pollyanna, Beauty, Carrie and Barrie, Reggie Perrin and My Family and Other Animals.
His Doctor Who episode Amy's Choice airs on BBC1 on Saturday, May 15.
Here, Simon talks about how he came to be involved in the hit show, which stars Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as his companion Amy Pond (pictured above).
Were You Surprised To Be Asked To Write For Doctor Who?
I'm always surprised to be asked to write anything, even after all these years to be honest! It's out of my comfort zone really, but I know Steven Moffat of old. Doctor Who isn't a comedy show of course, but I think it does have a bedrock of comedy,...
In the past Simon has also written for such projects as Pollyanna, Beauty, Carrie and Barrie, Reggie Perrin and My Family and Other Animals.
His Doctor Who episode Amy's Choice airs on BBC1 on Saturday, May 15.
Here, Simon talks about how he came to be involved in the hit show, which stars Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as his companion Amy Pond (pictured above).
Were You Surprised To Be Asked To Write For Doctor Who?
I'm always surprised to be asked to write anything, even after all these years to be honest! It's out of my comfort zone really, but I know Steven Moffat of old. Doctor Who isn't a comedy show of course, but I think it does have a bedrock of comedy,...
- 5/14/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Three clips for the next episode of Doctor Who, Amy’s Choice, starring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan… Matt Smith is the Doctor, while Karen Gillan is Amy Pond. Amy’s boyfriend Rory is played by Arthur Darvill, and Toby Jones is the Dream Lord. Amy’s Choice is written by Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly, Reggie Perrin) and airs [...]...
- 5/14/2010
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
The fifth season of NCIS concluded with 2.58m (11.6%) for Five on Friday, according to early figures. The naval drama was second place in the 9pm slot and was up 250k week-on-week. It beat the third episode of ITV1 drama Boy Meets Girl, which was down to 2.25m (10.2%). The final episode of English Heritage had 1.98m (8.9%) for BBC Two, and on Channel 4, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA managed 1.8m (8.1%) and 222k (1.4%) on timeshift. This week's Have I Got News For You, guest hosted by Rolf Harris, brought in 5.57m (24.8%) for BBC One in the first half of the hour, then Martin Clunes comedy Reggie Perrin took 3.82m (17.5%). Earlier, at 8pm, Gardeners' World put in 2.46m (11.3%) for BBC Two and Channel 4's A Place In The Sun: Home Or Away delivered 1.14m (5.3%). Five's Police Interceptors (more)...
- 5/18/2009
- by By Neil Wilkes
- Digital Spy
The third season of Dexter made a disappointing start in its new Friday night slot on FX, early figures show. The premiere pulled in 194,000 (1.2%) for the digital channel at 10pm on Friday. The figure represents a significant decline on the 543,000 (3.4%) audience who tuned in for the premiere of season two on Sunday, July 6 last year. Dexter was the ninth most-watched multichannel programme in the hour, behind CSI, with 306k (1.9%) for Five USA, ITV2's rerun of Katie & Peter: Stateside, seen by 399k (2.5%), and Living's Boston Legal, with 204k (1.3%). The return of Have I Got News For You brought in 5.64m (25%) to BBC One at 9pm, after which the remake of Reggie Perrin - starring Martin Clunes in the titular role - made a strong start with 5.03m (22.3%). Hell's Kitchen was second in the 9pm hour with a (more)...
- 4/27/2009
- by By Neil Wilkes
- Digital Spy
Martin Clunes has signed up to star in a reimagining of classic BBC sitcom The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin. The Doc Martin star will play the title role, while Cold Feet's Fay Ripley, Butterflys actress Wendy Craig, Worst Week Of My Life star Geoffrey Whitehead, Game On's Neil Stuke and Moving Wallpaper's Lucy Liemann are also confirmed for the cast. Simon Nye, who worked with Clunes of Men Behaving Badly, will write the script with original creator David Nobb. The six 30-minute episodes will air later this year. "I am really excited about Reggie Perrin (more)...
- 1/14/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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