When 3-2-1 Went Spooky
When you've made it your actual job to dissect television, it's clear that most of it's basically the same, with only loose variations on all the standar...
2021-10-14 23:00:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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Vampires Are Real (Sometimes)
Starsky & Hutch is the most 1970's American thing that exists, with a wah-wah heavy funk soundtrack, an iconic car, chunky knitwear like wha...
2021-10-04 23:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
GamesMaster IV: The Gladiators
In my role of dissecting 90's TV which seemed fine at the time, but now feels completely unhinged, Gladiators sits as the suspiciously-vascular ...
2021-09-14 23:00:29 +0000 UTC View PostSaturday Morning Archeology - The Saturday Starship
Continuing our root around in the Saturday morning shows, it's back to 1984, when Star Wars was still hot shit, so ITV stuck Tommy Boyd in a spa...
2021-09-04 23:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Bonus Video: House Party Hell #8
Wherein the Keymaster meets the Gatekeeper(s)
2021-08-24 15:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostSaturday Morning Archaeology - WOW!
Continuing our run of Saturday morning shows, the cursed bog of YouTube has burped up another bone with 1996's WOW!; a true forgotten example o...
Little and Large - The Final Series
To quote myself in my previous piece on the pair: “Against all good judgement, I'm really curious to what that final series looked like, being that...
2021-08-05 23:00:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Cluedo
There's not been a great history of televised board game adaptations. Over the years, American viewers have 'enjoyed' short-lived onscreen runs of Mo...
2021-07-16 23:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostYou Are Haunted - Episode 7
"The Lady Corrinne"
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GamesMaster III: Glamour, Grot, and Gore
Opening titles of the 1997-98 series have Dominik Diamond asleep on the couch in a filthy living room, dreaming a nightmare sprint down an endless tunnel...
2021-07-06 23:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Seaside vs. Summertime - Part II
In part one, we examined ITV's Summertime Special, so now it's the BBC's turn, with Seaside Special. However, I must begin on a devasta...
2021-06-16 23:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostSeaside vs. Summertime - Part I
When clocks change and the days get longer, it's not called British Summertime for nothing. What's more emblematic of this sceptred isle than humping a l...
2021-06-06 23:00:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The Little and Large Show
Since I made it my business to cover the very worst in pop culture, I've built up a list of Holy Grails, which have so far been impossible to track down....
2021-05-17 23:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostDare to Believe
Though this series is more recent than the usual stuff on here, it crops up from time to time, as a query from those still awake after 1am with the telly...
2021-05-07 23:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Interceptor
Having tackled Treasure Hunt, it would be remiss of me not to cover Interceptor, which was very much a sister show; albeit the much les...
2021-04-17 23:09:07 +0000 UTC View PostPhil Cool
When writing about a certain type of comic performer, there's a phrase all media is obligated to use, or else the Secret Critic Police will kick in the d...
2021-04-07 23:04:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Metal Mickey
Metal Mickey was a notable figure during my time as a small boy, due to his fitting solidly within that best and most formative of all categories – thi...
2021-03-19 00:00:31 +0000 UTC View PostYou Are Haunted - Episode 6
"William"
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Owt Good On, Mam? – Bear Special
As I try to find my way back home, wandering lost through the ill-lit subterranean tunnels of British variety, it's clear the 1980s were a boom period fo...
2021-03-09 00:01:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Great Moments in Pop Culture - "David's Dead"
David Gest first attracted the attention of British audiences through his status as former Mr. Liza Minnelli, as seen in their all-time great wedding pho...
2021-02-17 00:05:03 +0000 UTC View Post