Life of Crime

ITV’s latest three-part series, Life of Crime, is a different take on the overdone police procedural. As well as a story of how the role of women in the police force has changed over the years, it is also a ‘period drama’, using music and world events to set the time frame....

Judges Have Strictly...

As the rumour mill goes into overdrive about Sharon Osbourne rejoining The X Factor this year, we look back at just how much these judges get around. Sharon Osbourne got viewers tuning into X Factor from its inception, back in 2004. Throwing water over Louis Walsh is a winning move by...

Black Mirror Returns...

Charlie Brooker brought us a second run of his critically-acclaimed Black Mirror series last night. With news that Robert Downey Jr has bought the movie rights to one of the episodes from the first series, did the new installment pack just as many punches this time round? Last night’s...

Love in the Wild

Sometimes, I get addicted to a TV show that is so trashy, I refuse to record it for fear of someone seeing it on my Sky box. Welcome to Love in the Wild. Set in the wild terrain of Dominican Republic, the competition’s second series sees seven teams, each comprising two men and a woman,...

Splash! Returns

ITV has confirmed we’ll see another batch of brave celebrities daring to dive off the 10m board again in Splash! The entertainment show, which saw Olympic medallist Tom Daley teaching celebrities how to dive, had me cynical after its first couple of episodes. But, surprisingly enough, we...

Out with the New, In...

So what’s up with these new American comedies? None of them seem to be matching up to the likes of New Girl or Modern Family. After giving Ben and Kate, The New Normal and Up All Night a solid three weeks to prove themselves, I can safely say they’re just not holding my...