Sunshine Playroom

…Adam Boulton. If PM stood for ‘Prize Muppet’. If you ask me. At 10.00 last Thursday, the election officially finished (unless you were locked in somewhere), and a month of strict broadcasting restrictions were finally lifted. For some, like Channel 4's Alternative Election Night, this meant the resumption of no holds barred piss-taking and satire, [...]

You’ll probably soon know someone who is. South Park recently returned for a fourteenth season, and has already poked fun at Tiger Woods, Sarah Jessica Parker, and the book Catcher In The Rye. This week it finally set it’s sight on social networking site Facebook in an episode called You Have 0 Friends. As the [...]

The long wait was finally over on Saturday as the new series of Doctor Who returned to our screens, heralding the start of Matt Smith’s reign as the 11th Doctor. And as well as the change of faces on screen, there were big changes behind the scenes also as Steven Moffat took over as lead [...]

Freeview HD launched late last year in the London and Manchester areas, with rollout set to continue around the country. 50% of the population are expected to be able to receive the service by the start of this year’s World Cup, and over 98% by the end of the digital switchover in 2012. As well [...]

When Edward Barton first appeared back in 1984 on Channel 4′s The Tube performing a song called I’ve Got No Chicken But I’ve Got Five Wooden Chairs playing the guitar with a wooden spoon, I’d never seen anything like it, to say the least. Neither had many other people I think, and ever since he’s [...]

Dubstar were a British pop group that first hit the charts in 1995, going on to release three albums before calling it a day. The band comprised of Sarah Blackwood (Vocals), Steve Hillier (Keyboards) and Chris Wilkie (Guitar), blending pop melodies with thoughtful, clever lyrics. I finally got around to purchasing their last album Make [...]

As time for the new decade started, time for the era of the tenth Doctor finally came to an end on New Year’s Day. Concluding the tale started on Christmas Day, and begun ultimately in March 2005 by Russell T Davies, The End Of Time drew the curtain for many people, and characters, as well [...]

Spotify released their music streaming service app for the iPhone a while ago, and I thought it was about time I tested it out to see exactly what it offers. Whilst the app itself is available free from the iTunes store, to actually use it you need to sign up for Spotify‘s premium service at [...]

Time to finish off my rundown of what I thought were the greatest tv shows of 2009. Before I do, as usual I’ll first mention a few other shows that didn’t quite make the grade. South Park had another great year, but I’ve discussed that already elsewhere on Sunshine Playroom. Also close to making the [...]

At this time of year, we seem to be surrounded by lists. Lists for Father Christmas, Christmas card lists, and lists in the media of the best of 2009. So in the spirit of things, I’ve put together my Top 10 of the best TV shows of the year. All my choices are series, rather [...]