Sunday 1 March 2009

TV Week #36: Moving Wallpaper, Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder & Celebrity Juice

Sunday 1 March 2009

My thirty-sixth TV Week is an ITV-only affair, with a look at mockumentary Moving Wallpaper, sketch show Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder, and comedy panel show Celebrity Juice.

"While definitely entertaining, [MOVING WALLPAPER] just seems to lack the kick, insight and inventiveness that similar shows (like 30 Rock) achieve much easier. I'm also not sure a traditional ITV audience will get the joke (or be that interested in zombies), while the audience tuning in for Kelly Brook and horror-tinged comedy will probably find Moving Wallpaper rather toothless. Still, for an ITV comedy, this is already their best attempt in years -- and I'm hoping we'll get to see the Renaissance pilot as the last episode." Continue reading...