River Cottage
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s third TV series, his most famous, is River Cottage. There are actually lots of them but so far I have watched the original ones, Escape to River Cottage, Return to River...
View ArticleRiver Cottage: Pig in a Day
Oh Mr. Fearnley-Whittingstall. My hero, my idol, for at least the past two months. How much damage you can do with two comments. River Cottage: Pig in a Day is a course run at River Cottage HQ to teach...
View ArticleBillion Dollar Chicken Shop
Given the amount of discussion regarding BBC’s new documentary about KFC, I felt I had to give the first episode a watch. Having worked in the industry for years, nothing on the documentary surprised...
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Beyond River Cottage
Five years on from starting River Cottage, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall up-scales, buying himself a much larger farm and a second one that he converts into the River Cottage HQ – a field kitchen,...
View ArticleThe leaders debate
How dull. Where exactly was the debate? There were a few topics, each candidate then said what they stood for in turn. That isn’t a debate. Has nobody who conceived of this show actually seen a debate...
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Transgender Kids
Louis Theroux’s second documentary to arrive this year is “Transgender Kids”, a look at children who are transitioning. It makes sense. Louis voices the question many people think at first – “what if...
View ArticleTV Dinners
TV Dinners is a show in which Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall investigating people’s dinner parties. Sort of. As far as I can tell, it seems to be a show where Hugh travels round the country making fun of...
View ArticleFuturama is funny…
…until you realise it is actually about Kif being repeatedly raped. Then it’s less funny.
View ArticleJon & Kate Plus 8
Fertility treatment can have a number of side effects. One of which is that it can work too well. This is what The Gosselins found out when they decided to add one more to their twin girls – and got an...
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The Dales
The Dales is a documentary, but I use that term loosely, as it was created by ITV. It opens with rolling shots and dramatic music. Adrian Edmondson announces he is going to tell us all about this...
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Humans
We’ve been watching the TV show Humans. I got it on iTunes series link, in which you pay a couple of pounds more and get all future episodes too. So they better actually make this second series! It was...
View ArticleGreat British Bake Off: Week 5
Up until this week, I feel like it has been easy pickings for the judges. Stu, Dorret, Sandy and Marie were obvious choices to leave the tent. As of week five though, things have started to get tough....
View ArticleGreat British Bake Off: Week 7
Two weeks on from my Week 5 post and we have just had to endure the heartbreak of losing Mat from the tent. He was so lovely. It made me sad. The week before we lost Alvin. Another lovely guy, though...
View ArticleGreat British Bake Off: Week 8
Aww no, not Paul! Weeks and weeks and bakes and bakes after and we all still remember the lion. Eliminating Paul was the wrong decision in my opinion. He definitely had bad days. However, on the good...
View ArticleBe a Sky Sports presenter
Sky Sports recently ran a competition to be a presenter for some behind the scenes coverage of the British Masters. I thought it would be a laugh to enter. Turns out I am not a fun person. But I am a...
View ArticleGreat British Bake Off: Week 9
It is too easy to get emotionally involved with Bake Off. I have been saying Flora should go for a while now, and she was the right choice. But it was still heartbreaking to watch. There are no bad...
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The Abominable Bride
Good, not great. This New Year’s Day we were treated to a one off Sherlock special. Series four is due to start filming in April, and unlikely to air before next year. The Abominable Bride is set in...
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The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure
The Hairy Bikers in Finland? We had to watch that, of course. We also watched the Swedish episodes for good measure. I had never seen The Hairy Bikers before I watched it. I have mixed feelings. At...
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Scandimania
Scandimania is a 3-part TV series in which Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall visits Sweden, Denmark and Norway to investigate their cuisine. There is no Finland, but that makes sense given how much...
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Dawson’s Creek DVDs
Over the past five years my DVD collection has been reducing in size as they were replaced by digital media. However, I kept hold of a few just in case the world suddenly jumped back a decade. Now...
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