I liked it, and it threw in a few twists in the last ep so I'll tune back in for series 2.

Thursday What's on tonight: knock-off UK freeview version:
Home Grown: Dara O'Briain's Science Club ep4 (8pm BBC2). I'm thoroughly enjoying this, although they zip through the studio material at quite a rate.   There's enough here for more episodes if they went into more detail about how exactly everything works. Also…

Wednesday What's on tonight: unoffical UK freeview edition
Home Grown: I'm Spazticus (10.50pm  Channel 4).   Second series, hidden camera prank show with disabled cast.   Is this funny?   It looks awkward as hell.

Hilariously, the Guardian has exceeded my expectations by publishing a review piece complaining about the wimmin of Breaking Bad, citing this very website.

When I read stuff like this it makes me think of the following from the Guardian, about how bad Shakespeare is:

@avclub-854ade243192b6462c3882ec2d6f096b:disqus I always thought it was a good movie about terrible people.   Or not exactly a good movie, and not exactly terrible people, but everyone is deliberately playing a character who would drive you up the wall in real life.   I actually liked SJP much better as an actress…

Tuesday What's on tonight: horrifying UK freeview edition:

If my musicians of choice are a couple of guys who've worn sci-fi helmets their entire careers, I don't want them to turn up on a talk-show and tell humanising anecdotes to convice me they're just a normal couple of dudes.

Liked for username/comment synergy.

There's now a spin-off of the C4 comedy panel show 'Eight out of ten cats', where they just play Countdown instead.   I can only imagine that the kind of people who write TV scripts and comedy spent a huge amount of time as students in front of Countdown, slowly absorbing it into their subconscious…

Monday What's On Tonight: educational British edition
Home grown: Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain S1 Ep1 (BBC4 9:00)  I've been enjoying BBc's architecture programming of late.   This one is about the grand schemes for glass buildings and complexes in the Victorian era, that never materialised, but which seem…

I also watched it on a plane (deep into an 11 hour flight) and I couldn't remember a single joke or plot point from it.   I had to read the review to know for sure that I'd seen it at all.

Yes, I agree that the tone of Arriety matches the original borrowers stories, which are quite gentle and measured and that's a part of their appeal.

@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus I might need to search out the novel then.   I love Paprika and its gorgeous sounds and visuals but there are hints of something very dark indeed sprinkled throughout, so I'm interested by an original, weirder version.

They promoted it for a bit and I thought ITV was actually making the effort to start showing some decent drama again, albeit imported, after they did Broadchurch.   I don't think Rhys is a huge draw, I had to google him to realise he was Dylan Thomas in Edge of Love; I think people recognise Keri Russell.

Wot's on this weekend: unofficial UK freeview version:
Home Grown:   Southcliffe ep3 (Sun 9pm C4).   What do we think of this so far?   The fractured narrative reminds me of The Burning Plain, extending the idea of lives run in parallel to suggest that everything that happens to anyone is always happening in the…

A goddamn circumpolar expedition.

Excellent stuff.   I really admire Lady Gaga's commitment to celebrity eccentricity.   Does exactly what it says on the tin.

Luther is already finished in the UK.   It is a very silly show.

Thursday What's on tonight: knock-off UK freeview version:
Home Grown: The Field of Blood (9pm BBC1).    Guardian has an good feature on miserable british dramas here: http://www.theguardian.com/…   More of the same?    Also Phoneshop (10pm E4).   This show has a semi-improvised style which can lead to scenes going on…