Paul Linford

For the last couple of years or so, Ashes to Ashes has been the only must-watch programme on TV for me, and last night's final episode c...

I don't want to take away from England's now near-certain victory in the First Test against West Indies - "West Indies get fir...

Okay, so I'm a bit late on this - I was in London yesterday for a day-long newspaper awards-judging session - but most of the well-deser...

Ex political hack John Sergeant has doubtless provided the nation with much entertainment during his stint on Strictly Come Dancing, and his...

I generally think Gordon Brown should steer clear of involving himself in English sporting matters. Although I am sure it is well-intended,...

The BBC drama Criminal Justice completed its run last night after having me and around 4.8m other viewers on tenterhooks for most of this w...

No, I don't mean Gordon Brown and 42 days , I'm talking about Lee McQueen and The Apprentice . And here, for anyone who missed it, i...

As someone who has followed every series of The Apprentice , it has been clear for some time that the quality of candidates in this year...

Credit to the BBC for joining in with the rest of us and having a laugh about Charlotte Green's giggling fit on the Today Programme thi...

Readers of this blog from way back will already be aware of my obsession with The Apprentice which returned to our screens last night. Fi...

Yes, they're back ....but presumably without the lashings of ginger beer, farmers' wives who rustle up a whole picnic in five second...

Tonight's Question Time Extra on News 24 will see Tory blogfather Iain Dale going head to head with Labour Home's Alex Hilton , the...

I frequently find Jonathan Ross's Friday night chatshow required viewing, but as a BBC licence-payer who presumably contributes to Wossi...

Actually, for once Question Time wasn't the best thing on telly last night - that was Ashes to Ashes, the follow-up to Life on Mars with...

Bugger Super Tuesday, and even the supercasino decision...the story that's got me going today is the demise of Grange Hill after 30 gl...

I'm glad I'm not the only political blogger who watched the X-Factor, and I agree that young Leon Jackson probably couldn't los...

I'm a bit late in the day with this, but Tony Holland was in my view one of the foremost television figures of the last 30 years. He no...

Like Paul Burgin I am a huge fan of Stephen Poliakoff, and would rate his 2006 dramas Friends and Crocodiles and Gideon's Daughter am...

Great to see House of Cards again on the box (BBC4) this week - but I had an odd feeling watching last night's concluding episode that ...

I have always been a huge fan of Fawlty Towers and The Kipper and the Corpse has always been one of my favourite episodes. But I never re...