An archive of blog entries about UK TV programmes and production.
I’ve extended the blog’s handy guide to religious shows again, this time with a collection of Christian shows that somehow escaped the list the first time round: Save Me, Angels in America, Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes and Miracles. More details at the guide itself, obviously.
Tracing the origins of modern ‘lad’ culture isn’t easy. Some cite James Brown’s launch of Loaded – the magazine for men who ‘should know better’ – while others point to the arrival of competitor FHM as its more definitive arrival in society.
However, I think you have to cast your mind back a little earlier to the late 80s and early 90s to first radio and then to TV with a comedy show called The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Originally airing on Radio 1 before moving over to BBC2, the show was the first real sign that the politically correct 1980s stand-up and alternative comedy scene was about to be taken over by ‘lad’ humour.
I’m not a big Luther fan – in the sense that I didn’t like it much and gave up after the second or third episode. However, you might be and as series 3 is on the way, I thought I’d give you this shiny trailer to whet your appetite. More interestingly, it’s an interactive trailer, so if you click in particular areas, you’ll get extra video.
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