Monthly Archives: January 2012

Adam Postans’ Couch Potato column – Friday, 27 January

The week’s Couch Potato Spuduhate awards go to: David Jason humiliating himself by dressing up in drag on the laugh-free The Royal Bodyguard. E4 clearly failing to watch Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy before broadcasting the thing, although I’m still not … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Friday, 20 January

Simon Cowell says he’s planning to blast the winner of Britain’s Got Talent into space. Fingers crossed Susan Boyle has another crack at the show. =========================================================== At 10.45pm on Tuesday night, Hollywood actor Michael Madsen was stood in a wheelie … Continue reading

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Adam Postans’ Couch Potato column – Saturday, 14 January

BBC2 honoured Charles Dickens by completing his unfinished work The Mystery of Edwin Drood. I honoured him similarly. By not getting to the end of it. ==============================================================  Blink and you missed it. Before you could Google the name “Andy Akinwolere”, … Continue reading

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TV Review of the Year

As the curtain came down on 2011, Jimmy Carr spoke for me, and no doubt countless others, on Big Fat Quiz of the Year when he summed up television’s last 12 months: “2011 was the year of the scripted reality … Continue reading

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