Spooks - Episode 2

Riding high on the opening episode of Season 7, part two came with dramatic effect as the Spooks team were still reeling from Adam’s death. With his true identity as a spook having to remain hidden and the media reporting that it was the bomber that died in the car explosion i.e. implicating Adam himself, the grieving process in Spooks is always made that much harder. Harry drunk and plotted revenge, Ros let out an unusual but private burst of emotion before she returned to a colder version of her former self exclaiming “People die all the time” when she was asked how she was, and Malcolm took to examining minute differences in sounds waves on his computer (it must be a thing that Spooks do!).

 With the Russians at the centre of the Adam’s death and Ros appointed to unit chief, it soon became apparent that Lucas North was not to be trusted. One minute he was meeting with Harry, the next the main Russian collaborator, and then his ex wife, who also turned out to be a recruited Russian Spy. Once again the Ruskies were back on the scene as our prime adversaries, hooray! Malcolm’s seemingly pointless efforts in the office in fact established that a stray Ruskie sub was patrolling British waters and intent on causing a “tsunami of information” through seafloor internet cables that would bring Britain to a economic standstill. And here came the leap of faith, they needed an insider, someone that could contact and betray if necessary, a Russian spy. How convenient, North was back, ready, able and wanting to return to work, but could they trust him?! It seemed so, albeit after an ice hearted Ros had stunned him with a taser, that yes, he was working for the Russians, but only to get their trust before he handed everything he knew over to our dear old Spooks team. The sub was stopped and stranded in British waters, Britain was saved once again, and Harry got his revenge after initially imprisoning the leader of the Russian spies only to then shoot him in the chest and end it once and for all.

 It’s great to see the team back in action. With ice bitch at the helm and North fitting in nicely after proving his worth and killing a few people it’s back to the Spooks we know and love. It remains to be seen whether Season 7 will live up to the expectations after Season 6, but its well on his way.

BBC - Mondays at 21.00

Autumn Watch - NEW SERIES

Back in 2005 when the BBC commissioned a one week live Spring watch show, its drama and news focusing around the busy day to day lives of bustling badgers, nests of nestlings and a strange duo of presenters, I’m sure they didn’t realise the ratings winner that they were onto. Four years later and with the addition of Autumn watch for the 3rd year running this successful format has grown into a twice yearly wonder, increased its air time in both BBC2 and C Beebies primetime slots and has an ongoing massive viewer input – I’m sure which goes a long way for the reason it is loved.

Quirkily matched Kate Humble and Bill Oddie provide the shows main comedic centre with Bill often disappearing down strange non scripted tangents with a sometimes irritated Kate reeling him back in before all sense of why and where they are has vanished. This years main centre for Autumn watch has moved to Poole Harbour, Brown Sea Island to be exact, a rare feast of differing habitats. With Simon King roaming around the country providing in depth snippets on larger, and often more film challenging fauna, our two week Autumn watch sprint is off to a fine start. Currently on location filming Fallow deer (on which there has been many discussions in my household and I hear others of their particular furry nether regions) Simon gives us the low down on the yearly rut – alas so far we have had no comic Simon King rutting roars. Back at Brown Sea Kate and Bill set about re introducing us to some characters we had met before such as Hannibal, the Barn Owl who had eaten all of his siblings live on TV as a horrified nation look on, and provided their entertaining and sometimes strained relationship.

I love Autumn Watch, and Spring Watch, for that matter. You can dip in and out, or you can watch the entire series but still get the enjoyment. You can take part in the forums, set about creating your own “breathing space”, send in video’s, or simply wonder at the marvels of our own British Wildlife. Fantastic.

BBC2 - 20.00 Mon - Thurs, 28th October - 6th November

Spooks - NEW SERIES

Autumn has come and it looks like what little social life I had before is about to be lost to a new, busy and highly exciting TV schedule. Making a very welcome return to our BBC screens tonight was “Spooks”, the highly acclaimed British MI5 drama. I have to admit after watching the first couple of series and that notable chip fat fryer horror scene I lost interest. The original cast featuring both Keeley Hawes and Matthew Macfayden were for the most part dead, extradited or in hiding and newer spooks didn’t give me the interest that I needed. I was brought back to the phenomenon with the last series where I was happily surprised to note that it had moved on, rather than individual episodes with little or no continuing themes, Spooks had entered the area of continuing dramatic storylines that built gradually through the episodes showing just that little more each time to consistently build the intrigue and complex plot, which, had it been revealed at the beginning, would have put even the most intelligent minds into a downward spiral.

Last time a complex web of lies and deceit were built around the Iranian ambassador and terrorist forces and tonight’s episode opened with a new terrorist plot, this time Al Qaeda, a sprinkling of Russian and a dash of Chechnya. After the cliff hanger of last season’s finale we soon discovered that Jo was thankfully alive and making a surprise return was Ros (Hermione Norris). Normally once a spook is gone, they’re gone, but Ros seen to survive the editorial guillotine and was back with vengeance tonight landing back in Britain from Russia and uttering “I’m getting extremely bored. I’m tempted to get out and kill them just to get it over with” upon realising that she’d been followed.

Of course Adam (Rupert Penry-Jones) and Harry were once again at the helm and with the trade of a Russian spy for a British one Lucas (Richard Armitage) makes a welcome addition to the cast. Fighting to rescue a British soldier taken hostage and being threatened with execution it was soon revealed that this was just a side line to a far more ominous plot to blow up innocent spouses and children of dead British soldiers at a Remembrance Day service. Quickly on the scene Lucas managed to take down the assassin while Adam, after a brief poignant moment with returned Ros, high jacked a parked car bomb and jettisoned it as far away from innocent citizens as he could. Unfortunately, not making a deserted square quite in time, Adam was caught in the blast and that was the end of Rupert Penry-Jones. With the addition of Armitage to the cast it should have been obvious that one member of the team was on the way out – though often the unexpected twists make the viewers guessing a hard task. How Harry & Connie managed to live above 40 I don’t know, you sure don’t last very long being a Spook, well, not when your bosses are BBC writers.

With Adam dead Lucas North makes up the numbers

BBC - Mondays at 21.00

Little Dorrit - NEW SERIES

The BBC badly needed a saviour to its period drama. After invigorating the genre with Bleak House in 2005 and a few years later in 2007 with the BAFTA & Emmy award winner Cranford, a spate of titles including Oliver Twist, Larkrise to Candleford and Tess of the D’Urbervilles failed to impress. The “Little Dorrit” trailer was overflowing with winning names, the cinematography was original and interesting, the setting charmed but I was all to afraid that it, as others did, would fail to impress past the first few minutes. I am very glad to admit I was wrong.

With a compelling and eclectic cast including Matthew MacFadyen (Pride & Predjudice, Spooks), Freema Agyeman (Dr Who, Torchwood) & Mackenzie Crook (the Office, Three & Out) intrigue and mystery were rife from the outset. Mrs Clennam (Judy Parfitt) being confined to her room, her husband and son oversees, sought work in little Dorrit (Claire Foy) when she came knocking and thus their lives began a strange entanglement that is only seen within the best of novels. Arthur Clennam (MacFadyen) soon arrived back on his families’ doorstep, his father dead, to a rather hostile and cold reception, especially when, out of sight of her son, Mrs Clennam opened her husbands’ old watch to find a small piece of parchment with the words “Do Not Forget” written onto them. Meanwhile little Dorrit was finding is hard to keep her new employment to herself and away from her father, the resident of a debt jail, especially when Arthur Clennam, oblivious to her white lies, arrived to question her on her dealings with his family. He seemingly thought that his family had paid some part in the Dorrit’s initial downfall and was out to seek the truth.

The setting for this glorious story is a rather un-lavish London. The dark and ominous atmosphere created for the filming helps to establish the intrigue, much as in Bleak House where you never really knew just what was going on and it always left you wanting more. Not having read Dicken’s “Little Dorrit” I have no idea what is in store but I can assure you it’ll be dark, complex and highly alluring.

Judy Parfitt plays the formidable Mrs Clennam, paralysed and confined to her room for 12 years

BBC - Sundays at 20.00

Britannia High - NEW SERIES

Making a welcome debut and exciting addition to the Sunday night schedule came “Britannia High”, ITV’s blend of fame meets high school musical. Set in London, Lauren (Georgina Hagen) rocks up for her first day of the new term and the stereotypical talent school genre starts to roll off with quiet boredom. Claudine is the obvious bitch, who takes immediate offence to Lauren as she was talent spotted rather than having to audition, Danny is the “hot” guy who tries to be nice to everyone, and Lauren is the girl who really doesn’t understand what she’s doing in a place like this. I had a feeling it was going to be very obvious, middle of the road and uninspiring.

I gave it five minutes, then ten, and by fifteen I was actually quite enjoying it. With Arlene Phillips & Gary Barlow behind the choreography and musical numbers it started to change my opinion from just another talent show to something that actually had an edge. It was still pretty plain sailing from the writers with few risks taken but it still worked, our climax to the episode had us wondering will she, won’t she, as Lauren and dance partner Danny performed their first group dance showcase night. Lauren, not be the natural dancer, had not yet completed a difficult lift sequence and though she made it on the night, it still had us wondering if she might fall into a heap of embarrassing awfulness in front of the audience, teachers and worse still her fellow students. She then promptly fainted, was talked around from quitting by teacher Frank Nugent, and Claudine surprisingly showed that she had a heart inside that icy exterior.

Concluding the episode was a kiss between Lauren and Danny and another musical number, this time danced across the roof tops, and a feeling that I’d like to see where this show takes us. I love that it’s set in London and we actually get to see the city, I love Mitch Hewer aka Skins fame (though I’m not sure about his new buffon hairstyle) and the musical number between bitch Claudine and uncomfortable newcomer Lauren really got me into the show. The website is also interesting with video’s, character perspective biographies and blogs & behind the scene’s information so you can get inside the students world. Can’t wait to see more.

Mitch Hewer & Georgina Hagen play budding romantics Danny & Lauren

ITV - Sundays at 18.15

Prison Break vs Terminator spinoff

It seems that bosses over at Fox are contemplating some drastic moves to try and salvage flagging "Prison Break" from the scrap heap. With "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" acting as a lead in on the Monday night US timeslot for the prison escapee series I would have thought good audience figures, however, a Fox source told website SyFy Portal "audiences just aren't responding to the show" about the Terminator spin-off.  "All I can say is that production will likely stop, and I would think that Fox might try to air some of the episodes already in the can," the source stated. "But I don't know. They don't want to lose Prison Break, so there could be some schedule shuffling in the future."

I'm slightly disappointed with this news. Prison Break started out with a fantastic first series, breaking the mould and creating a new genre but in subsequent series lacked the complex intelligent storylines that it began with, opting to go with more and more ludicrous stories. It was easy to go with these because they became part and parcel of the show, but in my opinion, Prison Break has had its run and The Sarah Connor Chronicles should be allowed to continue its run.

X Factor - Week 3

Week 3 and X Factor is hot, hot, HOT! With only a few dud finalists in my view the competition seems to be wide open this year with an extremely strong girl contingent both in Cheryl and Danni’s category. This week was Big Band week, been done before, same old thing but it does sort the men from the boys so I was excited to see who would do what tonight.

First up was Scott with his version of “That’s Life”. It was a good opener to the show with Scott owning the stage and the song but he got a mixed review from the panel with Louis saying the performance was good, that Scott was a nice guy but there was “something missing”.

Immediately on his tales was Daniel with what I thought a very lack lustre performance of “The Lady is a Tramp.” I have to admit I still cannot see why Daniel made it through the finals….he can sing but I have feeling to agree with Simon when he said “I genuinely don’t believe you’re going to win.” Daniel’s performances come across as very club lounge-ish and I can see that learning a set to travel the clubs and pubs in would work, but singing live on a show such as X factor with the talent he’s up against just isn’t going to work.

Having the first two acts disappoint a little I was waiting with anticipation for the first of the girls and Laura White. This girl is incredible, I remember her first audition where she sang “I can’t get off my high horse” and I was completely amazed then and she continues to become better and better. Her rendition of Billie Holidays’ “God Bless the Child” was mind blowingly great with Simon uttering the words “World Class”, Louis “Incredible” and Danni “Fantastic”. I did however worry that the viewers, not recognising the song, might perhaps not vote for her, perhaps favouring artists singing familiar big band songs that would hit the correct note.

Next up was Eoghan, and I’m sorry, I just don’t get this act, why is he here? If Louis says there’s something missing from Scott then why on earth does he think that Eoghan is “The one to beat”? I’m totally confused but I guess I was totally confused with Leon last year. Eoghan sings “Love was made for you and me” which I think is reedy, nervous, and though he tries to put in some swing and dance it fails to even slightly impress – however, the panel seem to blown away…Hmmmmm……

Danni’s up next with Ruth Lorenzo and after being in last weeks sing off I’m really rooting for this girl. I think Simon is wrong when he says she has to sing in Spanish because she is Spanish, as she says in her VT, this is a British competition and she’s in Britain, she wants to sing in English and she does it amazingly. I always liked this girl and tonight she proves what’s she worth with a truly fantastic performance of the classic “Summertime”. Simon compliments her with “Best performance and so far” and admits that on this occasion she was right to sing in English – finally Simon! Plus – did you see that dress?! She was HOT!

Our favourite Alexandra is next with her “Candyman”, the Christine Aguilera classic. I love that she’s not doing a ballad, I love the styling and that she’s mixed it up a bit but Christine gets away with this song because a) the video is GREAT and b) she’s already known so the song doesn’t have to be amazing lyric wise. I feel that Alex pulls it off with tremendous force, but the song is slightly lacking something. However, with Louis’s “your back in the race” and Simon’s “a fantastic performance” who am I to judge?

Six down and four to go and so back with the boys its hottie Austin up next (although has anyone noticed just how short this guy is?). His “Mack the Knife” is awesome, I love the song, he wins over the audience and commands the stage. For Big Band week it works but the Austin I know and love is more rock, more grunge so I’m looking forward to next week.

It’s the last group in the competition next with JLS and their rendition of “Aint that a kick in the Head”. Its smooth, its classic, they suave and sophisticated though I agree with Simon when he says the voices are off a little. However, it doesn’t really matter because they put on a great performance and all take part rather than the usual one front man and other backing singers that many groups resort to.
Quirky, wonderful Diana is up next in a flapper style dress, sitting on a quaint little swing in a stage of mist and singing the classic “Smile”. I LOVE Diana. She’s totally different from everyone, she’s like a mini Kate Bush, she makes the song her own and a contemporary piece for what is an old song. And as Simon said “It was understated but it was still brilliant.”

And last, but not least, and bringing an AMAZING voice to the stage comes Rachel Hylton. Her styling tonight was incredible, her voice, though not perfect, still amazing and I thought she closed the show with utter style. Singing “Feelin Good”, she certainly was after, as was I!

So that’s it….ten contestant’s done, so who was in the sing off? Well the public got it totally right tonight with Scott and Daniel in the firing line. Their start to the show really was lack lustre and didn’t inspire and to be honest I really found myself not being able to remember just what they’d done. Scott chose to sing “I can’t make you love me” and Daniel sings “To where you are” as a dedication to his late wife. In my opinion Scott sings better but the judges – both Louis and Cheryl having the deciding factors, believe that Daniel puts more spirit into his performances and it is a gutted Scott that leaves the show. Louis was even choked with tears which is incredible after the hard time he’s given Daniel in the past, but its Daniel in, Scott out, can’t wait for next week! DISCO!


ITV - Saturdays - 19.30

Coronation Street - Rosie makes a bid for freedom

Poor little Rosie, we've watched her grow into a fine, demure young woman and now this happens to her - NOT. Our favourite bitchy seductress sure has grown over the past few years, but not into the well respected and intelligent young girl that I'm sure Sally Webster was hoping for. Private school may have nearly bankrupted the family but it sure didn't do the wonders for Rosie that it was supposed to, she's working in the factory alongside queen bitch Carla, she had an illicit affair with her teacher John Stape and she caused her father to end up in jail. Did she really think that karma wasn't going to turn around and bite her on her young, naive arse?

Corrie's little vixen now finds herself locked in the attic of the very person whom started her passage to adulthood off - John Stape. Now I'm not entirely convinced by this turn of events, there's far too much to lose for Stape, but I can see that a rush of late night lunacy over took the man and soon escalated into something far worse and dark. With Stape and Fiz off on a week's holiday does he really think that Rosie can survive in his attic alone? Her bid for freedom in tonights show was short lived, the happy couple are off on their vacation and all she has left is a couple of ready made pasta's and some crumpled biscuits left to amuse her. If she ever gets out of this I sure hope she's thankful for everything she has in life, but I'm sure, in sure Rosie style a couple of ladying it up once back home she'll be back to her old ways.

Meanwhile Carla's having a hard time coping with Liam's death - more the fact that she has to hide her grief for her lover from his pregnant wife and family and deal with Tony's increasing pressure to organise their wedding, Deirdre's being railroaded into a oversees trip to Lords as chief arse wiper to several incontinent old ladies, and Dev's returned home to find Daryl and Amber shacked up in bed. Life's a joyous breeze isn't it?

Little did Rosie (Helen Flanagan) realise she was going to end up locked in an attic

ITV -

Mondays- 19.30, 20.30

Wednesdays - 19.30

Fridays - 19.30, 20.30

The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Season 2

Back in the old days when Arnold Schwarzenegger was cool, “Twins” & “Junior” had thankfully not been created and dreams of the muscle man becoming a US Governor were ludicrously ridiculous, Terminator and “I’ll be back” was very very in. Three films later and what seemed to be the end of the Terminator phenomenon it once again reared its head with the “Sarah Connor Chronicles”, a series that surprisingly excited me and proved to stand its own ground when coming to the Terminator brand. Set around John Connor (the saviour of world post Rise of the Terminators) and his mother Sarah, it was a fast paced, action packed and terminator filled account of how the Connors were setting about destroying computer network Skynet and thus saving the planet from Armageddon.

Successfully completing a short first season I was thrilled to see the Connor’s back on Virgin 1 tonight, once again fighting for survival, their goal of destroying Skynet becoming perilously out of reach as increasing amounts of other obstacles were thrown in their path. Tonight saw the race to live after Cameron (Summer Glau), the “friendly” terminator sent back from the future John, had her switch tripped, causing her to revert back to the “Terminate John Connor” robot she’d originally be created as. As far as Terminator’s go she’s pretty pleasing on the eye, even with half her face falling off, and as she mangled everybody to within an inch of their lives it was still with some sorrow that John pulled the plug on her as she pleaded “Please John, I don’t want to go, I’ve reset myself, I’m ok now”. Of course, in the end he couldn’t burn her up and took a risk turning her back on, much to his mother’s displeasure, but it worked and now our pretty little Terminator is back up and running and not wanting to kill the very person she was sent back in time to protect.

With a new side story kicking in of a somewhat more advanced Terminator making herself know I can’t wait to see how this season develops, and with many more episodes lets hope the creators can keep the pace going in this exciting addition to the Terminator brand.

Cameron (Summer Glau) makes an interesting and attractive character even if she is a Terminator

Virgin 1 (Virgin - 122, Sky 121, Freeview 20), Thursday's at 21.00

Coronation Street - Maria Next?

A soap insider is claiming today that Maria Connor (Samia Smith) may be next on the chopping block for evil factory boss Tony (Gray O'Brien). It is reported that Maria, realising that it was indeed Tony that arranged her husband's hit and run murder, accuses the businessman to his face along with anyone else that will listen. As her friends concern grows for the grief-stricken widow they arrange for her to see a psychiatrist but will it be Tony that silences her before anyone else really pays attention?

 Is Maria about to fall victim to mad Tony's murdering streak?

Heroes – Season 3, Episode 4

With Heroes becoming an international phenomenon more or less over night it was always going to be tough for creater Tim Kring and his team to keep the snowball effect rolling and find new ways for Heroes to develop and inspire its audience. Season one’s moto, something most human beings in the Western world are akin to was “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World.” Season two then again had to save the world from a deadly virus, and now Season three – you’ve guessed it – has to save the world from yet another bomb and a deadly genetic formula giving anyone who wants it the possibility to inject powers into themselves. Now it’s easy to criticise as a viewer and I’m sure the creative team for Heroes’ is doing the best they can but the problem is that in their ambition to build a bigger and better brand for themselves they are starting to lose the reason that we all love Heroes.

When it comes to Sci-fi characters and superheroes they often lack a lot of depth that is required to fill out a persona, to make us love them, to see why they do things. Heroes changed all this by giving our heroes stories, struggles, every day life hassles that they’d rather do without. It was with this personal touch that we grew to love the Bennets, the Petrelli’s, and even to a degree Sylar because we could understand where they’d come from and how they’d become what they were today. Desperate Housewives needed a leap forward in time to breath some life into what was becoming a tired format, I have the feeling that Heroes needs to the do opposite. With so much travel hopping back and forth, people dying here, becoming alive again there, villains becoming heroes, heroes becoming villains we are starting to lose our personal interest in the characters. So what if Claire, 4 years into the future, is trying to kill her brother Peter, we don’t know why and those little extra touches, one liners that would make us care are unfortunately absent. With more twists and turns than you can shake a stick at and family connections pouring out of the woodwork in all directions there is certainly enough to keep the intrigue going for the time being. Angela seems have to given birth to a multi powered football team, whilst Nathan has one daughter and perhaps more soon to come with his deepening relationship with Nikki aka Jessica aka Tracy (think flying ice cube baby with the combination of their current powers) but it remains to be seen whether the series will ground itself back with the personal flavour or snowball out of interest into just one big complicated mess.

Nikki's reincarnation's just can't seem to stay away from Nathan Petrelli

Miss Naked Beauty

I love Gok, you love Gok, the whole of Britain loves Gok Wan. The Gok Wan treatment seems to have hit Britain’s TV over the past few years and has swept the Nation making Gok one of our favourite TV hosts. You get the feeling that when he walks into the room with an idea, broadcast bosses lay down on the floor uttering words of “Yes Gok, Ok Gok, what primetime slot do you want Gok?”. It wasn’t until last night and a sigh of “oh god, there’s nothing on” that I decided to settle down to a bit of Myleene and Gok in “Miss Naked Beauty.”

Now, I’m a model show guy. I religiously watch “America’s Next Top Model”, “Britain’s Next Top Model” and the more recent “Make Me A Supermodel US” and this model show with a twist made me highly intrigued – I’m used to watching model’s gradually put more and more on to their performances so how would I cope with a show where it was stripped away. The result was startlingly good. Gok is not saying don’t wear makeup, don’t dress up, don’t look fabulous, but as with “How to Look Good Naked” he is trying to find someone who can strip back to their bare skin and sell it.

This debut episode took 200 women from all different ages, sexualities and races from across Britain and whittled it down to just 12 finalists in the hour show. They were scrubbed of makeup, asked why they should be the winner, even crowded into an empty swimming pool and blasted with full on fireman’s hoses just to wash every scrap of falsity away. It was FABULOUS! What we ended up with was a bunch of unconfident girls, some crying because they couldn’t bear to look at their hideous reflections without makeup, trying to muster the courage to take this competition further and wanting to win Miss Naked Beauty. What was even better was they then all piled the slap back on to try and impress the judges that would cut them down to the final 12! Great! They’d learned nothing!

The format’s great, Myleene and Gok are great and the principal is something well and truly deserving. I can’t wait to slump onto the couch next week, safe in the comfort that I can wear what I want and Gok won’t complain, to watch what I think will be lots more tears, tantrums and perhaps a glimmer of genius.

Channel 4 - Tuesday's at 20.00

Desperate Housewives - Season 5

Running directly on from the Season 4 finale last Wednesday the housewives are back on Channel 4 tonight with the debut of Season 5. With a much needed plot twist - jumping five years into the future - it is hoped that Wisteria Lane will get the revitalisation that it needs to re-establish Season 5 to a par with that of the first explosive and original show seen with its Season 1 debut.

The housewives are largely changed and jumping five years into the future brings new trials and tribulations in addition to the viewers desperate need to know just what has happened over these missed years. Gaby, now with two rather tubby children in tow, has become Mrs Frumpy whilst Susan and Mike’s rather boring and long winded will they won’t they is once again off the cards with Mike looking dead – again. Meanwhile the Scavo children have grown rather large and I’m sure more “boisterous” if that’s the correct word and our wonderful Bree seems to have returned to her former cold and calculating self that we knew and loved in Season 1. Katherine remains on the street though daughter Dylan and best friend Julie Mayer seem to have disappeared (presumably off to college) and though I was stricken to see our favourite man vulture Edie leave at the end of the last Season, five years on and she’s back on the street to cause chaos once again.

All in all the first few episodes seem to shape up for a good run to come, the humour is back, the ridiculous mystery and danger storylines seem to have gone (think boy locked in the cellar) and our housewives are back to causing chaos in their own insane, but truer and more normal lives. There’s still a stain of foreboding – Edie’s new husband is fast shaping up to be the new villain of the series and Bree’s male soul mate Orson seems to finally be putting his foot down but with Porter Scavo falling in love with his mum due to a myspace esc chatting incident, and Bree trying to force feed her vegetarian grandson a hotdog because it’ll make him grow up big and strong, I think we’re set for several months of fun and hysterics.

Channel 4 - Wednesdays at 22.00