Telly Vision

Telly Vision: Badults (BBC3) and Count Arthur Strong (BBC2)

Telly Vision: Badults (BBC3) and Count Arthur Strong (BBC2)

Beginnings are interesting things, and few beginnings are more interesting than sitcom opening sequences.…

A (largely) spoiler-free review of Arrested Development: Season Four

A (largely) spoiler-free review of Arrested Development: Season Four

A lot has changed in the last seven years. The housing bubble has collapsed, George W. Bush has evaporated back into the mist of evil he originally coalesced out of, and the mist has offered up two other gurning puppets called Cameron and Clegg to take his place.…

Telly Vision: Celebrity Juice and Would I Lie To You?

Telly Vision: Celebrity Juice and Would I Lie To You?

In a week where I struggled to find much of anything on TV, I thought I’d switch gear from sitcoms to panel shows for once...…

Telly Vision: The Wright Way and The Job Lot

Telly Vision: The Wright Way and The Job Lot

The Wright Way is completely, and I mean completely, unredeemable in every conceivable way.…

Telly Vision: Vicious and The Job Lot

Telly Vision: Vicious and The Job Lot

Shaun Spencer takes a look at ITV's two new sitcoms, Vicious and The Job Lot...…

Telly Vision: Watson & Oliver, Parks and Recreation

Telly Vision: Watson & Oliver, Parks and Recreation

This week saw the return of the BBC sketch show starring (and primarily written by) Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver. Mostly filmed in front of a live audience, Watson & Oliver take on everyday life and familiar characters.…

Telly Vision: The Alternative Comedy Experience and The Mindy Project

Telly Vision: The Alternative Comedy Experience and The Mindy Project

This week Shaun Spencer takes a look at alternative comedy's Live At The Apollo, and an American sitcom he describes as like "a cross between Sex & the City and Scrubs."…

Telly Vision: 8 Out of 10 Cats & Louie

Telly Vision: 8 Out of 10 Cats & Louie

This week sees Shaun Spencer join the Giggle Beats team for a new-look TV column……