What I'm Watching

Right, so - you may or may not be surprised to discover this, but I'm not a great watcher of telly.

Sure, Ashley and I pay our TV licence. Monthly. But we rarely, if ever - or I do, anyway - watch telly as it's broadcast. I tend to watch online - all I can say is, thank god for the BBC iPlayer. And indeed all those other catch up services. Oh, and BBC's live feed, because when I do want to watch telly live, my piece of shit Freeview box always spoils the fun ¬_¬

Anyway, sorry...yeah, I'm gonna pick what I've been watching lately.

Being Human

I love this show. For those of you who don't watch it, it's about Mitchell, George and Annie, three twentysomethings who live together in Bristol. This doesn't sound unusual? Well, Mitchell is a vampire, George is a werewolf and Annie is a ghost. The series follows the three as they try to integrate into society, all the while trying to keep their conditions under control.

Episode 6 (out of 8) of Series 2 has just been broadcast. Series 1 is available on Surf the Channel for those of you who haven't been lucky enough to catch it during its initial broadcast. Series 2 is currently being aired but all previous episodes are on the iPlayer. Go watch - you don't need to be a fan of the supernatural to enjoy it, it's a genuinely gripping piece of telly.

Desperate Housewives

I guess I cite this one as a guilty pleasure. I only started watching it half way through season three, back when I lived in my halls in first year (god, I can't believe how long ago that was now...). I actually still need to watch the first two and a half seasons, and I'm pretty sure I missed out a couple of episodes of season four as well. But yeah, basically I'm addicted to it now and I'm always excited to see what's happening next. I know the UK has only just seen episode 3, but I've been checking it out on Surf the Channel. This season's pretty amazing so far, I must say...

Glee

Yet another guilty pleasure of mine. I remember hearing the premise, and the version of 'Don't Stop Believing', and thinking, "Oh Jesus, yet another High School Musical rip-off, shoot me now." (Yes, I hate High School Musical, what of it?) But I watched the first episode and actually really enjoyed myself. It helps that the characters are a bit more likeable than in HSM (although that's not hard in my opinion) but there are also some genuinely witty one-liners in it ("How's that homelessness thing working out for ya? Try not being homeless.") and it also focuses on things that are genuine teenage issues.

And, lastly...

Limmy's Show

Yeah...been watching this too. Not as good as his web stuff, but still some great sketches all the same.



There you go, children, a telly blog. These shall be rare occurrences.