TV OD
The weekly TV column from the Guardian Guide
Looking: it's Girls with boys
'Some scenes are so mortifying, and so long, it's hard not to hide behind both hands until he's stopped talking'
Helix: as daft as a virus-infected brush
TVOD: The new drama from the people who brought you Battlestar Galactica is all a little bit silly
Reflex, the TV gameshow where time stands still
'Where The Cube is austere and intimidating, Reflex borrows Total Wipeout's slapstick shtick'
The soothing pleasure of Secrets of the Body Clock with Terry Wogan
It may lack impact, but Wogan's dulcet tones reveal the secrets of a gentle slumber while easing you into one in BBC1's latest science documentary, writes Julia Raeside
Nigel Slater's Great British Biscuit goes well with a nice cuppa
Any pretence of historical heft gives way to "two grown men talking excitedly about their favourite biscuits", writes Sam Bain
Derren Brown's Great Art Robbery: making embezzlers out of our elders
No trickery, no mind control – this time Derren's just schooling a group of pensioners in the art of grand larceny
Channel 5's The Bible is like a CGI missionary drive
It's the television equivalent of a religious pamphlet thrust on you by a benevolent creep, but with lower production values, writes Filipa Jodelka
My Crazy Obsession: how many toy rabbits is too many?
'For those who'd seen all this and thought "let's visit these weirdos", Candace and Steve have a trump card: they freeze dry all their deceased pet rabbits'
Borgen: Birgitte is back to get the party started
The third and final series of the Danish political drama takes aim at mainstream party politics
Snow, Sex And Suspicious Parents: BBC3's popular teensploitation series gets an Alpine twist
The antics of these junior Brits abroad aren't funny or outrageous – they're just another example of the rugby-fication of Britain
The Face makes a cruel sport of running in heels
Sky Living's new reality show forces aspiring models to confront their worst nightmare: a pissed-off Naomi Campbell
Release The Hounds: ITV's Halloween game show could do with more dogs
The contestants gag and squeal at the merest hint of gunk, leaving you with the impression they'd have the same response walking down the Halloween aisle in Asda
Iceland: Life In The Freezer Cabinet - yet more real-life TV from the BBC
Andrew Collins: This is actually a fair-minded, democratic and only quasi-promotional snapshot of Iceland's working life – yawn
Downton Abbey: a cosy pocket of sameness
As the series reaches its midpoint a quick appraisal of the boot-lickers belowstairs, the hapless toffs above and the arch bastards all over the place
Masters of Sex: Michael Sheen is back as a 1950s love guru
Rhik Samadder: "He's the alpha dog of coochie medicine," one secretary purrs to another, as if reading the liner notes on a Lil Wayne album'
The Blacklist: Sky's new US import has James Spader channelling Lecter
There's more than a hint of The Silence Of The Lambs to this slickly entertaining supervillain-meets-ingenue drama
London Irish, the sick-com that's too try-hard to genuinely shock
Being Human writer Lisa McGee's latest, A Clockwork Orange in the style of Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps, feels spectacularly misjudged
Rewind The Tube back to a time when music TV was edgy
Mark Jones: This documentary shows that even the weaker Tube moments are preferable to the hapless hackwork of the expensive haircuts dominating youth TV today
Naked And Afraid, where adversity brings out the worst in people
Here the contestants are constantly passing out, vomiting or dying of an unnecessarily graphic infection
Whatever you do, don't peer Through The Keyhole
Keith Lemon's new take on the classic formula is the worst kind of garish, self-congratulatory Saturday night TV guff
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