LocateTV Blog

The Stage is a bit of an institution in the UK. Many a time have I sat on a London tube and watched a pretty, shiny, anxious young creature dolled up for an audition avidly scouring the print version of this entertainment rag. The online version is equally well-informed, and particularly strong thanks to its rich stable of blogs.

The TV Today blog is a seriously quality piece of work. Main bloggers Scott Matthewman and Mark Wright discuss a huge range of programmes, from Corrie and Holby City to The Wire and Cape Wrath, and there’s a real sense of the personalities and preferences of two TV specialists guiding you through the listings. Industry news and scoops sit alongside in-depth reviews of individual episodes and ongoing discussions of key current series like Dance X, giving a nice sense of community and continuity.

The backbone of the blog is Mark’s Square Eyes posts, where he discusses a selection of TV highlights for the coming few days. The range of suggestions is genuinely thought-provoking if you stick to the same old favourites week in, week out. Each selection is properly, wittily summarised and critiqued rather than listed with no apparent rhyme or reason as seen on some other sites. Thanks to Square Eyes I caught Dr Who and the Daleks over the weekend – something that would never normally have caught my eye, but Mark’s reassurance that it’s a worthwhile retro curio was spot on - the colour Daleks were very cool.

So, if this blog were a film, what would it be? GoodFellas.

Lottie