I've been a fan of the work of Aardman Animations ever since I first watched Morph and Tony Hart as a child. Subsequently I've seen all of the Wallace and Gromit animations and I like to keep an eye on, though not always watching, their other animations.
Now do you remember A Close Shave? Do you remember the ballsy sheep, Shaun…
Claire saw this advert the other evening and mentioned it to me. I hadn't seen it. She mentioned it to the people at work, and they hadn't seen it either. Claire was certain she'd seen it on TV and hadn't just dreamed it, especially when she could recall so much detail.
Last night, whilst waiting for the re-run of Wednesday's Heroes (brilliant TV series) episode, I encountered The Mighty Boosh on BBC 3 for the first time. Well, encountered probably isn't the right word, I've heard about it before, but never actually watched a full episode from start to finish.
As is common in a lot of households in the UK, Sunday evenings at 8pm is TopGear time. For those who don't know, TopGear is the best car program I've ever seen and it's broadcast on BBC 2 every Sunday at 8pm. This week's episode has got to go into the history books as one of the funniest episodes of …
I despise sensational reporting at the best of times and try and avoid it where I can. I don't read crap papers like The Sun and the Daily Mirror for this exact reason, and often rely on the BBC for their account of the news.
However, I think they're starting to slide down the slippy sensationalism slide in journalism - especially…
The other day Claire mentioned that BBC Food has improved their recipe search fascility so that you could search by ingredient and then narrow your search down further. My warped mind instantly thought of testing it for horse... so this morning, that's what I did, just to satisfy my curiosity.
Well, sorry to disappoint folks - no fine French horse cuisine…