So series one of Ripper Street is done here in the UK and I say congrats to the BBC for coming up with such a great vivid period drama. See, instead of trying to compete with ITV's monster hit Downton Abby by reviving the similar upper class-lower class period piece Upstairs Downstairs (the revival only lasted 2 series, whoops, that didn't work), ( Read more... )

Another of my shows has ended :( Thanks to falling ratings, Leverage has come to a close in its fifth season. To be fair, the makers had enough time and warning to wrap things up nicely and weren't forced to leave things on a cliffhanger so I'm very grateful for that! I really loved watching this show for a simple reason - I loved spending time ( Read more... )

So after five series, Flashpoint is over. I've enjoyed it since the beginning, it was a neat Canadian procedural and had a great hook - the Strategic Response Unit, those who specialise in negotiation. The characters were interesting and fitted brilliantly into a team and the cases were pretty much always intense and exciting. I particularly loved ( Read more... )

As a rule, I don't like to watch televised singing competitions. I watched the first ever series of Pop Idol - the show that was made as American Idol in the States - because Idol mania swept the nation and I'll never forget the feeling of watching that first finale with my Mum and sister - very young then and allowed to stay up late especially for ( Read more... )

So the first half of the latest Doctor Who series is over. What did I think? Well...

( Major spoilers for the recent run of Doctor Who episodes. You have been warned. )

I just remembered that I didn't say much about the closing ceremony, which I watched and enjoyed. There was a lot in it that I really loved. Some stuff, not so much. Overall I thought it was great, though not as great as the unbeatable opening ceremony. This was more of a 'Britain's Greatest Music Hits' event.

Okay so the bad. I was not enamoured of ( Read more... )

Like with Supernatural before it, I tried to resist this show for a long time, but I gave in and I haven't been able to stop reading fic and writing it so I'm going to just say it - I'm a fan of Teen Wolf.

More specifically, I'm a fan of Derek/Stiles. Because they're the only reason I'm really into the show. The other core characters are awesome ( Read more... )

This week has seen a lot of season finales. They've given me lots of feelings and I hate that I have to wait til September for the new seasons so I'm gonna scribble my thoughts down on three of my favourite shows whose current seasons ended this week.

( Cut for major Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: LA, & Criminal Minds plot spoilers - most recent season & finales. You have been warned. )

So these past couple of nights the Hawaii Five-0/NCIS: Los Angeles crossover episodes aired that I've been really looking forward to since last year. It's a smart move on behalf of the producers to make it so - the shows have an almost identical tone and are on the same network so why not? They also made sure not to put both full teams in an ( Read more... )

Lately I've been watching a lot of Horrible Histories. And you should too :)

Based on the hugely popular kids books of the same name, HH is a kids sketch show beloved by adults too. Taking a look at the gruesome weirdness of history and teaching it to kids in a fresh funny way, HH is witty, extremely silly - it's been compared to Monty Python - and ( Read more... )