TV Tales From The Lost Remote

Eastenders: Goodbye Pat - The Earring Era Ends

Posted by Steve Coats,

She'll not serve from her tasteful cocktail bar again. The matching pink mac and lipstick will no longer add colour to Albert Square. It is the end of the Earring Era in Eastenders as Pam St Clement announces she is to quit the soap.

We look back at Pat's finest moments and why she leaves Walford as an iconic character.

The Apprentice: She's Back....

Posted by Steve Coats,

Oh how we've missed her incredulous eye-rolling! We've yearned for her delicious disdain and her caustic one-liners. But our languishing will soon be at an end...

Margaret Mountford, the Ice Queen Inquisitor of The Apprentice, is set to make a return appearance in the final episode of the series. Be afraid...be very afraid!

Don't Spare the Hare

Posted by Steve Coats,

Farmers have considered hares to be a menace for many years. The Lost Remote discovers that they may have been right as we explore the surreal, gaudy world of the new game show Don’t Scare The Hare, shotgun at the ready.

Whatshername off the Telly

Posted by Steve Coats,

The Lost Remote explores a strange, new Television-related threat: the mysterious UPA-syndrome!

And the Olympic spoof comedy series, Twenty Twelve provides a timely case study. Could you fall victim to UPA? Read on and see if we can find a cure...

Elisabeth Sladen 1948-2011

Posted by Steve Coats,

Actress Elisabeth Sladen enchanted generations of children as the unforgettable Miss Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who and then in The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Sadly, the much-loved star lost her battle with cancer and passed away on 19th April 2011.

The Lost Remote fondly remembers Lis and how she blazed a trail for all future Who companions.

The Apprentice: You're Changed!

Posted by Steve Coats,

The new series of The Apprentice is on its way as Lord Sugar returns to pan for corporate gold.

But changes are afoot! Will they help the East End entrepreneur separate his Badgers from his Baggs and will the viewers want the programme makers to be hired or fired for the new direction?

The Lost Remote gives the forthcoming seventh series the Nick Hewer quizzical squint.

Doctor Who: Counting down to 6

Posted by Steve Coats,

We hop into the TARDIS and skip ahead a few months to find out what the Season 6 of Doctor Who holds in store.

We bring you the secrets, speculation and spoilers about what lies ahead for The Doctor, River Song and Amy Pond.

We can't wait - can you?

Miranda, Queen (Kong) of Comedy

Posted by Steve Coats,

Miranda has gone from strength to strength in what I call the second series. Miranda Hart has established herself as a national treasure in the making.

Time for The Lost Remote to sing Miranda’s praises, thwart her critics and add ‘A Third Series’ to our wishlist for 2011.

Sherlockmania!

Posted by Steve Coats,

The Lost Remote dons its deerstalker and gets on the trail of one of the biggest TV hits of 2010, Sherlock.

The response to Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ contemporary re-imagining of the Great Detective was massive – we look for clues to the phenomenon that is...Sherlockmania!

Hello and Welcome

Posted by Steve Coats,

It begins!

Your big shiny new TV Blog - TV Tales From The Lost Remote - has arrived and is all set to separate the gloss from the dross in British telly.

From Doctor Who to Spooks, from Little Britain to Robin Hood, all the news and gossip will feature right here in the showbizziest corner of the web!