Telly Critic

For personal reasons I've decided to take a break from writing this blog, in order to spend more time with my family. Which, if I were ...

I have to admit to never having been a huge fan of East 17 in general, and of Brian Harvey in particular, but it's true to say that I...

Note : Most of this post was cobbled together in the early hours (ie. before 10am) of Thursday morning, on four hours sleep and three mugs o...

Well, after two weeks of tummy ticks, snake-stroking and alfresco urination, lead vocalist of the world's newest celebrity supergroup, ...

I do like a good docu-soap. I've never actually seen one, obviously, but I always live in hope, and while I'm waiting, there's...

Ever since seeing Lee Latchford Evans wimping out of a bit of torture on 'Commando VIP', I haven't been able to stop wondering ...

I got quite excited when I saw a reality show with the word 'pimp' in the title. I'd pay good money to see the likes of Biggins...

If there's one thing which marks out a reality show for greatness, it's the sight of a prime minister's daughter pissing next t...

As mentioned here previously, one of my favourite types of reality TV show is the sort that dresses itself up as social experiment. Never h...

If there's one thing I like, it's posing rhetorical questions. And then answering them. So I particularly enjoyed 'Dream Busine...

The good thing about a show like 'How Not To Decorate' , which began its third series on Five tonight, is that it does exactly what...

Anyone who's seen the documentary film 'Spellbound', ITV's 'Great British Spelling Test', or the BBC's 'Har...

I actually missed the start of Five's new celebrity reality show 'Commando VIP' the Wednesday before last, due to having an ur...

It's a sign of the times that being a single mother doesn't preclude you from taking part in a show called 'Wife Swap' . An...

If there's one thing which guarantees reality show success (apart, that is, from desperate b-list celebrities hoping to boost their fla...