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First Review: Monster House
The hidden camera genre is not especially new. Allen Funt had one of television’s iconic feelgood programmes for decades with Candid Camera. It spanned over 31 years in one form or another. Recently there
Read More »First Review: The Chopping Block
When Catriona Rowntree first started explaining the format, or dare I say, the rules of The Chopping Block to me I found myself thinking, “has it really been three years since My Restaurant Rules
Read More »First Review: So You Think You Can Dance Australia
TEN’s local version of the US reality contest So You Think You Can Dance Australia certainly burst to life last night as one of the big new shows of the 2008 season. Dancing has
Read More »First Review: Out of the Question
Here’s a question. Who on earth thought this was right for an 8:30pm timeslot? It’s not that I didn’t want to like Out of the Question, though it did pitch itself as a hybrid
Read More »First Review: A Year with the Royal Family
This is the series which had Queen Elizabeth furious. The BBC was forced to apologise to Her Majesty after wrongly implying that she had stormed out of a photo session with celebrity photographer Annie
Read More »First Review: Rules of Engagement
We’ve seen them all at one time or another. Single friends (Friends), newly married (Mad About You), long-wedded (All in the Family) and divorced (The Odd Couple). Now it’s the missing link: engagement. Here
Read More »First Review: Back to You
It’s genuinely surprising that Kelsey Grammer is returning so swiftly to network television again, and to the unforgiving workload of sitcoms. But that’s just what he’s doing in taking on Back To You. Paired
Read More »First Review: Saving Kids
Following on from Saving Babies in 2007, TEN has upped the age bracket (a bit like they did for Idol auditions) to make Saving Kids. And like Idol, it also features Damien Leith as
Read More »First Review: Samantha Who
I’ll give you a tip for this upcoming series. Do as Christina Applegate has done and check your brain at the door. After waking from a coma, Applegate’s titular character, Samantha Who? has no
Read More »First Review: Underbelly
True life crime has always been a point of fascination for television drama producers. Blue Murder, The Society Murders, Through My Eyes: The Lindy Chamberlain Story, Murder in the Outback, My Husband My Killer,
Read More »First Review: Who Do You Think You Are?
The first series of the British-made Who Do You Think You Are aired in Australia on the UKTV Channel. It was fascinating to watch Stephen Fry, Julia Sawalha, Julian Clary and other Brits tracing
Read More »First Review: The Line of Beauty
Get ready for a treat. Writer Andrew Davies (Bleak House, Bridget Jones’ Diary) has adapted Alan Hollinghurst’s Booker Prize winning novel, The Line of Beauty, as a sumptuous three-part television drama. Published in 2004,
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