A long time ago (1990) in a BBC studio two boys met on the set of a teen soap called Byker Grove.
After a bit of a shaky start, the two soon became best friends, and together they took the entertainment world by storm, becoming the most popular presenters working in UK television today. But what [...]

In 2002 the fantastic Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg released Minority Report, a film about police solving crimes that hadn’t yet happened. Earlier this year ABC television in the US launched the ‘high-concept’ show Flashforward, about the FBI investigating events that haven’t yet happened. On Tuesday the BBC present us license payer with Paradox, a show [...]

I know what you are thinking, Christmas has not even arrived yet but for those lucky Americans across the pond they can get a glimpse of January in December… The December issue of GQ that is.
Yes folks between the covers of the magazine you will find the gorgeous and talented star of the AMC sleeper [...]

Edward Woodward sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 79. In memory of this television icon OtB searched the web to find out more about the man who was TV’s Equalizer.
Edward Woodward Factfile:

Born: 1 June, 1930 in Croydon, London (then Surrey).
As a child Woodward’s family home was bombed out on three occasions.
Woodward went to [...]

I’m not sure how many children who watch Sesame Street are into the music of Ray Charles but nonetheless the street invited the late great singer onto the show to teach the kids about the alphabet… And give them some music education at the same time.

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Those lucky American’s across the pond get all the good stuff first, but as they, say all good things come to those who wait… And wait we will, because V is coming to the Sci-Fi channel next year.
So to get your inner-geek pumped up and ready for this ABC re-imagining of the classic 80’s alien [...]

Because we all grew up watching Sesame Street the show has no problem convincing A-List stars to appear on the show. This clip shows that even a mega-star like Ben Stiller has a bit of time to spend on the street.

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I am not sure how many kids know anything about the AMC drama Mad Men, but nonetheless Sesame Street did a tribute to the greatest drama on TV…

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The Doctor is back!
Doctor Who fans have been a bit deprived this year after the BBC allowed David Tennant to go and play Hamlet instead of saving the universe from aliens, and the viewing public from crap like X-Factor… Still mustn’t grumble, instead we shall just rejoice in the fact that Sunday will see the [...]

If you have been using Google this week you may have found a few of the characters from Sesame Street had invaded the usual logo.

 
 
 
And of course this is to celebrate the 40th birthday of the most iconic and best loved children’s TV show ever created, Sesame Street… After all if it wasn’t for Sesame [...]

Wow another new feature here on Outside the Box (the television blog always aiming to give you more), WEB TV, a look at television shows only available on the web.
Circle of 8
Circle of Eight, is a supernatural series where nothing is as it seems. Jessica, a newcomer to the City of Angels, has just moved [...]

I’ve been a bit slacking on my True Blood Quotes so this week I present a pair of fantastic quotes from one of the best written shows on the box.
Episode four finds Sookie and Bill take a trip to the vampire bar Fangtasia. Whilst there they make this little exchange as Bill tries to get [...]

In my continuous attempts to simplify this blog, I have devised in my little mind a new idea. Simply called ‘The Buzz’ this new feature will present my loyal and growing readership with all the news of upcoming and returning shows that will surely be the topic of conversation around the water cooler at work, [...]

Dogs have always had a place in the world of animation. We’ve had mystery solving dogs (Scooby Doo), we’ve had liberal, martini drinking dogs (Brian Griffin), heck we’ve even had a dog attached to a cat (Catdog)… And now we have a duo of dogs who do judo to add to the list thanks to [...]

I wanted to post something to say Happy Hallowe’en, but who really wants to watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown for the millionth time?
So instead I found this great Charlie Brown spoof, I hope you enjoy and Happy Hallowe’en. Oh yeah and if you are the one in charge of handing out the trick [...]

You may have seen the news that Monty Python were awarded a life time achievement BAFTA for their contribution to film and TV. To coincide with this,  for the first time ever, the complete works of Monty Python will be available on iTunes from Tuesday. As well as The Holy Grail and The Life [...]

Aside from being a telly addict, collector of music and avid reader, I am also a closet geek.
Sure I don’t go out to parties dressed like Spock, and I have never bid on eBay for a replica light saber, but I have been known to buy the occasional graphic novel, and I subscribe to [...]

Anybody who has ever switched their television on for any purpose other than watching X-Factor or Big Brother will probably already know that HBO makes the best shows on the telly. In fact HBO is so good that now I get excited just by the static intro that precedes all HBO productions. That ten seconds [...]

Wow Channel 4 has been busy trying to boost their lagging viewers numbers. First they raided the HBO archives to bring Generation Kill and the first series of True Blood to UK terrestrial TV, and now they are bringing HBO’s Hung to sattelite station More4.
And like most HBO shows, Hung looks like it might just [...]

Recently I discovered a fantastic website for all you telly junkies. RetroJunk is a nifty little site that sort of acts as a television time machine. On it you can find all sorts of mostly rubbish TV clips from the 70s, 80s and 90s to bring back all those fuzzy memories of days gone by. [...]