Review: Moving Wallpaper/Echo Beach

Moving Wallpaper

In the UK: Thursdays, 9pm, ITV1 (next episodes are tonight though)
In the US: Not yet acquired

Well, to quote the Absolutely crew, when it comes to radical television, you can’t get more radical than this. Ex-EastEnders supremo Tony Jordan wanted to write a comedy/drama about life behind the scenes of a soap opera. No one liked the idea until he had the brainwave of creating a new soap opera to go with it.

So now we have Moving Wallpaper, a half-hour comedy show about the making of a soap opera called Echo Beach. After Moving Wallpaper finishes, on comes Echo Beach for real. It’s all so post-modern and clever, isn’t it?

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Friday’s news of salvation

Don’t forget, it’s the last day of the reader survey so vote for the daily news if you want it to continue – particularly you lurkers! Yes, even you, Paul!

Doctor Who

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Review: Cashmere Mafia 1×1

Cashmere Mafia

In the US: Wednesdays, 10/9c, ABC
In the UK: Not yet acquired

Trying to get that vital ‘female’ demographic to watch television is tricky. The answer apparently is Sex and the City. You know, a show about women, by women and starring women that women actually wanted to watch. That’s got to be a fluke. A one-off. There’s no way any other plot or situation would work, is there?

Thus we’ve had Women’s Murder Club, Lipstick Jungle and now Cashmere Mafia, all variations on Sex and the City in which varying numbers of women unite together to advance their careers, fend off the evil oppression of men and discuss relationships and stuff.

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The Random Episode Carusometer: Flash Gordon

Time to tune in to a random episode of a TV show, just in case I made a mistake and judged it before it had a chance to find its feet. This time, the Random Episode Carusometer turns the shades of ratings justice to implacably regard Flash Gordon, which got a four or “Major Caruso” for its fifth-episode verdict.

This time we tune in at random for episode 16, in which lots of people get locked up. Spoilers ahead.

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