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James Brook's acerbic, sometimes witty reviews of TV programs on the Freeview platform.
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Recent Episodes
Nov. 7, 2024
James reviews Patricia Cornwell’s At Risk (2010) on Great! Movies, Gunpowder on U&Drama and (not) LEGO Masters: Australia on E4.
James is back to eclectic mixes (again) with the seasonally appropriate ‘Gunpowder’ which he missed last year; He really rates Patricia Cornwall as a writer, but fears ‘At Risk’ will be yet another vapid, run-of-the-mill sno…
Nov. 1, 2024
James reviews Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords on 5*, For the Love of Dogs with Alison Hammond on ITV1 and Time Bandits (1981) on Film
James casts his beady eye on one of his favourite films (will it stand up to scrutiny?), expects something light and fluffy with wagging tails and - in contrast - surly people doing unneighbourly things. By the way, the ima…
Oct. 25, 2024
James reviews Cowboys & Aliens (2011) on Film4, Tony Robinson’s History of Britain on 5SELECT, and The Great Erection Deception: The Stiff Nights Story on ITV1.
James was a bit late getting the previous episode out. Blame events dear boy, events. So these were picked rapidly, primarily because the titles caught his eye. There’s a Viagra scam, cowboys fighting creatures from another …
Oct. 19, 2024
James reviews The Boss on BBC2, Lingo on ITV1 and Deal or No Deal on ITV2
James spreads his sardonic wit in a themed game show episode! It's all a bit filler vanilla but the one that could be won equally by a goat eating spinach or a professor with a brain the size of Wrexham powers to the front, …
Oct. 13, 2024
James reviews Gilmore Girls on ITV2, Wheeler Dealers on Quest and Joker (2019) on ITV1
James has got confused (again) He's reviewed ‘Gilmore Girls’ thinking it was ‘Derry girls’. But he likes it anyway (with a few reservations.) And as for 'wheeler dealers', well, passionate experts looking at mechanical stuff…
Oct. 7, 2024
James reviews Ludwig on BBC1, Anna Richardson: Love, Loss & Dementia on Channel 4, and MAFS UK: It’s Official! With Chloe Burrows on E4.
James had heard of Ludwig, even read a good review about it, so he thinks he should shove in his critical ha’pence. As for Anna Richardson: Love, Loss & Dementia …. well … like most people his age, James is scared? Terrified…
Sept. 30, 2024
James reviews Secret Crush on ITV2, Killer In My Village on Sky Mix, and The Kid (1921) on Sky Arts.
So, here we go for another eclectic mix: ‘Secret Crush’ which is a .. erm … game show? A reality program? In truth, James isn't sure. He's hoping for ‘dress to impress’ levels of mind-boggling ineptitude and fist in mouth em…
Sept. 25, 2024
James reviews Rising Damp on That’s TV, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on 5USA and City in the Sky on BBC2
James confirms a 1970s sitcom is as good as he remembers, while an infantile Stateside police procedural gets up his nose. To end, he's sad and disappointed at a bit of jet air travel puffery, and mangles a Peter Cook quote …
Sept. 19, 2024
James reviews Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1, The Northman (2022) on Channel 4, and Buddha: Genius of the Ancient World on BBC4
Seldom has James's sardonic eye been put to better use than in reviewing 'Strictly.' But then he really rates 'The Northman.' Who wouldn't, with Valkyries and whatever. As for Buddha, well, it looks like the kind of religion…
Sept. 13, 2024
James reviews Countryfile on BBC1, and Coogan’s Bluff (1968) on ITV4.
James nods off during a worthy, bucolic program full of good intentions and finds an early Clint Eastwood doesn't come up to snuff. the image for this episode was generated by a free AI image generator with the prompt: wheat…
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