Category Archives: Show Discussion

Show Discussion: Guess the Star

By | December 30, 2017

Saturday, 7pm, ITV When I first heard about this I thought “that sounds compellingly awful”. I think it’s the title more than anything else, which evokes Butlins more than primetime ITV. But here we are. What we have is sort of Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes but in reverse – celeb dresses up as iconic… Read More »

Show Discussion: Raven

By | December 3, 2017

Weekdays, 3:50pm, CBBC Medieval Mario Party Raven returns, although it’s not clear why it was ever axed in the first place, with a new slightly speedier tournament over three weeks rather than four and also, you cannot not notice, a new Raven in the form of River City‘s Aisha Toussant. Time will tell if she… Read More »

Show Discussion: Armchair Detectives

By | November 19, 2017

Weekdays, 2:15pm, BBC1 BBC1’s newest star of daytime Susan Calman presides as three armchair detectives attempt to solve a murder in a fictional Scottish village by watching an investigation play out in front of them. You can definitely see the appeal behind commissioning such a show – detective dramas are massively popular (Father Brown is… Read More »