, Only Murders In The Building (Disney+), Good Omens (Amazon Prime Video) and series 2 of Nicola Walker's kooky detective drama Annika (Alibi). Meanwhile, back in sleepy hollow, the two biggest terrestrial launches this week told us much of what is wrong with the old guard. Channel 4 brought us Alone, which is essentially the same as every other reality survival show you've ever watched – only with the added jeopardy of wild bears that could, apparently, steam in and gobble up the whingeing, self-centred, entitled contestants at any minute. (NOTE. Yes, I am already rooting for the bears.) BBC2's latest offering was even less inspiring/original. To say Ultimate Wedding Planners is like someone has plucked a discarded task from The Apprentice out of a skip and tried to stretch it to six one-hour episodes would be to give it far more credit for creativity than it deserves. The humourless and drama-free first episode was a real dog's (wedding) breakfast of a TV show that made me want to wave my TV licence at the BBC and give it the full father-of-the-bride speech: 'I'm bloody paying f){kind=link}
At first glance it would appear the BBC and the other channels are on their last legs on account of hardly anyone watching them any more. That’s not strictly true, of course
The least surprising television news of the summer arrived last week with Ofcom’s annual report into viewing habits.
At first glance it would appear the BBC and the other terrestrial channels are on their last legs on account of hardly anyone watching them any more. That’s not strictly true, of course. The Defund The BBC mob is going to have to carry on with the wailing and gnashing for a good few years yet. However, the timing of the report could not have been worse.
For we are currently marÂÂooned in the summer TV wilderness, where our only hope of escape is to follow the streams. It’s no coincidence that the best four shows right now are all non-terrestrial: Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty (Sky Atlantic), Only Murders In The Building (Disney+), Good Omens (Amazon Prime Video) and series 2 of Nicola Walker’s kooky detective drama Annika (Alibi).
Meanwhile, back in sleepy hollow, the two biggest terrestrial launches this week told us much of what is wrong with the old guard. Channel 4 brought us Alone, which is essentially the same as every other reality survival show you’ve ever watched â only with the added jeopardy of wild bears that could, apparently, steam in and gobble up the whingeing, self-centred, entitled contestants at any minute. (NOTE. Yes, I am already rooting for the bears.)