Bugger all, if we're honest. I set the Magic Box to series record "Life" and "Dempsey and Makepeace" and that's pretty much it. The former because I have an inexplicable liking for spending time watching Damian Lewis; the latter 'cos it's so much "Ashes Lite" I'm hoping it'll gently talk me down (up?) from the point of depressed numbness series ( Read more... )

 Very remiss with this; not sure I enjoy it as much if I don't go through it bit by bit. Which I have now done anyway, and got a lot more out of it once it was under the magnifying glass.

( You really have no poetry in your soul at all, do you? )

 Ah, the irony. I resolve to stop doing these 'cos I wonder whether that's what's stopping me enjoying the series - and lo and behold, I liked this one. I really did. Felt like, at last, series two of Ashes wasn't completely removed from series one. It was fun, dammit. Maybe I missed Alex being a fruitcake? Maybe I didn't miss the Martian ( Read more... )

 Fair warning; as I start this I'm more than a bit disappointed by this episode. By the time I get to the end, I hope I won't be, but if you're looking for 100% squee, well I don't think it's going to happen.

( Who's the daddy... )

 Remind me; why did I start doing this? Oh well, 'have opinion, will share it'.

Must admit my hopes were not that high for this episode. Not only was it a new-to-Ashes writer and director, but the next episode is written by AP and gives every appearance of being pivotal, so there was always every likelihood that the preview at the end would over- ( Read more... )

 Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. Ashes is going to kill me - I end up going to bed late on Monday evening and then waking up ridiculously early on Tuesday morning, head buzzing. Heigh ho. The following contains many spoilers if you have yet to see the episode, and it does include quite a lot of whinging and moaning. So if that ( Read more... )

It occurred to me it might be a good idea to shove my impressions down on here before reading any opinions elsewhere. So apart from reading one small amount of squee focused exclusively on Gene Hunt, I come to this unsullied by any other forum threads. Ramblings, mutterings, theories and speculation follow. There may well be a good deal of 'WTF?' ( Read more... )

 Okay, so I'm way off the pace with this one - it's not my fault it's only just reached Pauper's Telly - but I think I may have got hooked on The Wire. Yes, I read all the accolades heaped upon it, every pundit and his dog saying it's a must see, etc etc. But hey, they said that about The Sopranos (never liked it) and 24 (couldn't stand it) so I ( Read more... )

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 Episode title: 'Nothing like Nebraska ( Read more... )