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Nov. 20, 2020

New York Times

How Britain Is Reacting to ‘The Crown,’ Season 4

What to Watch Best Movies on Netflix Best of Disney Plus Classic Holiday Movies Holiday TV Best Netflix Documentaries Praise for Emma Corrin and a cheeky mouse, complaints about the depiction of Margaret Thatcher and the queen’s salute, as the…

Oct. 9, 2020

New York Times

This Year, ‘The Great British Baking Show’ Offers Extra Sweet Normalcy

At Home Explore: Pandemic Logbooks Listen To: Eddie Van Halen Dig In: Reporters' Google Docs Watch: New Horror Movies The show’s comfort viewing status has reached new heights with its latest season, filmed within a coronavirus bubble and with a…

Oct. 2, 2020

the Guardian

Around the world in seven journeys: Michael Palin on his favourite trips

These days travel documentaries hosted by a famous face are commonplace. But the gold standard are still Michael Palin’s. Part of that is down to the sheer ambition of the Monty Python star’s series (Pole to Pole took five and a half months; Full…

Jul. 21, 2020

the Guardian

Repeat viewing: why the past is the future of our TV schedules

The coronavirus has changed television as nothing has done before. New dramas have been delayed for months. Never-ending soaps have dropped off the screen as socially distanced episodes are cobbled together. And, with a summer of sport suspended,…

Jul. 2, 2020

New York Times

Netflix’s ‘Eurovision Song Contest’: Here’s What You May Have Missed

Elizabeth Viggiano/Netflix LONDON — The Eurovision Song Contest consistently manages to unite Europe and confuse America. This year’s installment of the music competition was canceled because of coronavirus, but you can get your annual fix of high…

May. 22, 2020

The Telegraph

Portable loos, PPE and plenty of cushions: how we make Gogglebox under lockdown

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May. 4, 2020

the Guardian

Extra terrestrial: how lockdown revived linear TV

During the coronavirus crisis, Channel 4’s scheduling boss, Kiran Nataraja, has developed a professional ritual around the hit show Gogglebox. The programme, which features ordinary people watching television at home, has not only beaten its own…

Apr. 7, 2020

inews.co.uk

The Great Celebrity Bake Off, review: The baking show waves goodbye to Sandi Toksvig without fanfare

Mo Gilligan, Carol Vorderman, Rob Rinder and Kelly Brook were the last celebs in the Bake Off tent this year This was the last episode of The Great British Bake Off with Sandi Toksvig as one of the hosts, but you wouldn’t know it from watching as…

Mar. 31, 2020

inews.co.uk

The Great Celebrity Bake Off, review: The medic had so much screen time he might as well have put on an apron

If Joe Sugg can get a Hollywood Handshake not long after he passes out in the tent and gets attended by a medic, you can achieve anything. The medic had so much screen time on Bake Off this week the production team might as well have given him an…

Mar. 24, 2020

inews.co.uk

The Great Celebrity Bake Off, review: The gang provide some much needed distractionary nonsense

The Showstopper Challenge on this week’s The Great Celebrity Bake Off was to bake a 3D cake that represents your biggest fear. “I mean, where to start?” I thought, nervously cackling at home. Right now, television is doing one of three things. One)…

Mar. 17, 2020

inews.co.uk

The Great Celebrity Bake Off, review: A reassuring reminder that we'll always have baking

I don’t know about you, but after the week we’ve all had I have never been more keen to see someone mess up a bake. “To say that I am an experienced baker, is a lie. I’m barely a celebrity,” said Inbetweeners actor James Buckley. Here for it. “I’m…

Mar. 10, 2020

inews.co.uk

The Great Celebrity Bake Off: Louis Theroux lies on a lilo, Ovie Soko dyes his counter orange and Jenny Eclair bakes an eclair

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C, 8pm, Channel 4 ★★★★ “In the grounds of Pinewood Studios near London, I was on a mission to investigate a beloved baking programme. “I had secured access by posing as one of the celebrity contestants, after…

Mar. 8, 2020

the Guardian

Theft, riots and 28-hour buses: the secrets of Race Across the World

You are dropped in the middle of Mexico City, ready to race 25,000km across Latin America. You are not allowed to use a plane and your phone – full of navigational apps – has been confiscated. With limited cash, you use the cheapest and most…

Jan. 14, 2020

the Guardian

Silly, naff, unmissable! The Masked Singer is a truly terrible delight

If I had to describe The Masked Singer to someone who hadn’t seen it I would say it was like the outcome of the “make a TV show” challenge on The Apprentice. In case you have somehow missed its OTT weirdness, the premise is as follows: 12 celebrities…

Jan. 5, 2020

The Telegraph

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Dec. 29, 2019

the Guardian

Five things Ed Sheeran has ruined (aside from music): the decade in lists

10. 2016 David Bowie dies. Garry Shandling dies. Alan Rickman dies. Harper Lee dies. Prince dies. Gene Wilder dies. Muhammad Ali dies. George Michael dies. Carrie Fisher dies. Brexit referendum. Trump elected. 9. 2018 Salisbury poisonings. Last male…

Dec. 20, 2019

New York Times

In Turbulent Times, Comforting Reality Shows Captivate U.K. Viewers

Rob Parfitt, via Second Star/OMG LONDON — Michael Chakraverty was having a panic attack on reality TV. He was competing in this year’s season of “The Great British Baking Show,” and his choux pastry was falling apart. “As soon as I became unwell,…

Nov. 19, 2019

the Guardian

Don't do it, BBC! Why canning Newsround would be a catastrophe

When you grow up, you still think children’s TV is the way you left it. To many of us, Newsround is still presented every weekday by John Craven, or by Lizo Mzimba, just before Neighbours. Except, of course, that it isn’t. The children’s news show…

Nov. 2, 2019

inews.co.uk

From Bake Off to Love Island, some shows never seem to be off the air

Gogglebox has been on television for half of this year. There have been more than 130 episodes of First Dates. The Great British Bake Off has just finished for the year, but from Monday, there will be 15 episodes of Junior Bake Off, fronted by Harry…

Oct. 30, 2019

the Guardian

Bake Off is broken – here's how to fix it

If Bake Off was ever supposed to sour, it wasn’t supposed to happen in 2019. It was meant to happen when it controversially moved to Channel 4 three years ago, not when we were all collectively distracted by Henry’s snazzy ties or Helena’s obsession…