Short stuff I watched in 2013
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- StarsMiranda HartPatricia HodgeTom EllisSocially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations; working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and around her crush Gary.In January & February:
The third season & a couple of re-watches of episodes from previous seasons. - CreatorChuck LorreBill PradyStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoA woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.Re-watched season 2, 3, 4, & 5 in January & February.
Also watched all possible episodes of the 6th series (usually the day after they were aired) - StarsArt RooijakkersRik van de WestelakenAngela Groothuizen9 contestants and 1 mole (mol). The nine contestants have to complete a series of challenges. When challenges are successfully completed, a certain amount of money is earned.The 13th season (aired from January through March)
- StarsFerry de GrootAndré van DuinThe new series (aired from January through February).
- StarsPierre BokmaLoes LucaMarc-Marie HuijbregtsA group of regulars in a pub, who share their stories and their lives with lots of songs and joy.The fourth season (aired from January through March)
- StarsCarlo BoszhardIrene MoorsElise SchaapA sketch show centered in a cafeteria starring multiple caricatures of Dutch celebrities.Only seen the first episode.
Awful!
- StarsJameela JamilAlan CarrJune SarpongBritish version of the reality TV show in which a single, straight woman looks for love among a group of male participants - some of whom are straight but some of whom are, unbeknown to her, gay.Watched whole season II - Playing it straight UK
(First two episodes with Dutch subtitles. Beginning of January. On 21 January 2013 the rest of the episodes - without subs and with an English narrator.)
I don't care what everyone thinks. I really loved it!
- CreatorMatt LucasDavid WalliamsStarsMatt LucasDavid WalliamsTom BakerMatt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain.Re-watched the first two episodes (somewhere in February)
Re-watched all seasons in March & April. - CreatorDylan MoranStarsDylan MoranBill BaileyTamsin GreigBernard Black runs a book shop, though his customer service skills leave something to be desired. He hires Manny as an employee. Fran runs the shop next door. Between the three of them many adventures ensue.Watched the complete series in february
- StarsRichard BriersFelicity KendalPenelope KeithTom Good quits the rat race, and with wife Barbara turns the garden of their Surbiton house into a smallholding. Their neighbours, snobbish Margo Leadbetter and her conventional husband Jerry, feel variously amused, offended and impressed.Watched all four seasons, begin March.
- CreatorBrian CookeJohnnie MortimerStarsRichard O'SullivanPaula WilcoxSally ThomsettSitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.All 6 seasons seen in March (except for two episodes I couldn't find)
- DirectorRobert YoungStarsConnie BoothJohn CleeseGraham CrowdenA bassist shows up early for the betrothal ball of a beautiful princess, and whiles away the time having a dip in the river. The princess is doing the same, unbeknownst to the bass player, but when someone steals their clothes, the bass player helps the princess to preserve her dignity by transporting her back to the castle in his bass case, and along the way they discover they have feelings for each other. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.Seen on March the 21st
- StarsPaul EddingtonNigel HawthorneDerek FowldsThe Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.Watched the first season in March.
- DirectorDon CarrStarsBill CorbettKevin MurphyMichael J. NelsonThe Rifftrax Crew give several holiday short films a good riffing. Weird Al Yankovic makes a guest appearance.Watched several Rifftrax shorts (March). But there isn't a title page for those movies on the imdb.
- CreatorMatt LucasDavid WalliamsStarsMatt LucasDavid WalliamsTom BakerThe characters of the original 'Little Britain' and some new characters feature in this comedic exploration of the modern American society from, and starring, British comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams.Whole series seen in April
- StarsKathy BurkeJames DreyfusBeth GoddardRaucous 90s sitcom starring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus as awful flatmates. Tom is an out-of-work actor with a sharp tongue, and Linda La Hughes is his dysfunctional friend.Watched all three seasons in April.