This week on The Benji and Nick Show, the boys have been watching the British science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive. First broadcast on BBC Two in 2006, Hyperdrive is set in the years 2151 and 2152, and follows the crew of HMS Camden Lock as they stumble through their heroic mission to protect British interests in
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The Benji and Nick Show – Commentary: Doctor Who – Inferno (part 7)
In this week’s The Benji and Nick Show, Benji, Nick and Shelley finish their commentary (part 7) of Doctor Who: Inferno. The third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) has transported himself sideways in time to a parallel world where an English drilling project causes catastrophic amounts of heat and force to be unleashed when it penetrates the
Continue reading »The Benji and Nick Show – Cracker
In the next The Benji and Nick Show, the boys and regular guest, Shelley, have been watching the British crime series Cracker. Set in Manchester, the series follows criminal psychologist (a cracker) Dr Edward Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane, who works with the Greater Manchester Police to help them solve crimes. Cracker ran for three
Continue reading »The Benji and Nick Show – Red Dwarf
This week on The Benji and Nick Show, the boys and special guest, Shelley, have been watching Red Dwarf. First broadcast in 1988, Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy that follows a low-ranking technician Dave Lister who wakes up after being in suspended animation for 3 million years to find he is the
Continue reading »The Benji and Nick Show – Bergerac
The Benji and Nick Show this week features Bergerac, a British crime drama television series. It stars John Nettles as the title character Jim Bergerac, initially a detective sergeant in Le Bureau des Étrangers within the States of Jersey [Channel Islands] Police, but he later leaves the force and becomes a private investigator. Produced by
Continue reading »The Benji and Nick Show – Jonathan Creek
In the next The Benji and Nick Show, Benji, Nick and Shelley have been watching Jonathan Creek. Produced by the BBC, Jonathan Creek is a long-running British mystery crime drama series. It stars Alan Davies as the title character, a creative consultant to a stage magician while also solving seemingly supernatural mysteries through his talent
Continue reading »The Benji and Nick Show – Kinvig
This time on The Benji and Nick Show, Benji, Nick and Shelley have been watching Kinvig, a 1981 sci-fi comedy television series written by Nigel Kneale who created Quatermass. Des Kinvig runs a rundown electrical repair shop in the small town of Bingleton where he lives with his mother and wife. While out walking the
Continue reading »The Benji and Nick Show – What We’ve Been Watching
This week on The Benji and Nick Show, Benji and Nick and special guest Shelley discuss what they’ve been watching recently. Shows include Doctor Who: The Space Museum with first Doctor, William Hartnell; The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, an American television miniseries on Disney+; and Duty Free, a 1980s sitcom about two British couples
Continue reading »The Benji and Nick Show – The XYY Man
In the next The Benji and Nick Show, Benji, Nick and Shelley have been watching The XYY Man. Based on the books by Kenneth Royce, the first series of The XYY Man was broadcast on television in 1976 with a second series broadcast in 1977. The XYY Man features William ‘Spider’ Scott who has an
Continue reading »The Benji and Nick Show – The Day of the Triffids (revisited)
In the next The Benji and Nick Show, Benji, Nick and Shelley will be revisiting the BBC’s 1981 TV dramatisation of John Wyndham’s 1951 classic novel, The Day of the Triffids. The series takes place in late 20th century Britain when a spectacular meteorite shower unexpectedly renders most humans blind leading to the breakdown of
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