Television
The six years Michelle has spent writing about television have given her experience interviewing the biggest of small-screen stars, an unsurpassable knowledge of television past and present, not to mention square eyes.
As House hits Dubai, Hugh Laurie talks to Time Out about his unexpected role, prescription drugs and the embarrassment his American accent is going to cause... Full article.
Miss out on the spooky six-hour Simpsons marathon at your peril. Some people go too far in their proclamation of fan status when it... Full article.
Love it or hate it, Nighty Nighty, the latest six-part ‘sick-com’ will be keeping you up past your bedtime. Julia Davis, the star and writer of the... Full article.
Dubai welcomes Newport Beach’s finest to its sunkissed shores for second season of teenage tears and tantrums courtesy of The OC. It’s hard being a teenager... Full article.
The Discovery Channel’s camera crews focus their lenses on Dubai’s skeletal skyline for a pair of fascinating documentaries. Dubai has been subject to the keen... Full article.
Smallville’s Erica Durance talks to Michelle Byrne about the pressure of playing the young Lois Lane. Unless you’ve been living on Krypton, you’ll know that after a... Full article.
Extreme Makeover: harmless fun or reality TV at its most crass? Extreme Makeover combines a ratings grabbing blend of medical gore, voyeuristic reality TV and... Full article.
Will it be a ‘yeah, but’ or a ‘no, but’ for the third season of Little Britain? When Little Britain made its television debut in the UK in 2003... Full article.
Michelle Byrne speaks to Jon Cryer, the hyperactive star of the hit US sitcom Two and a Half Men, about the brat pack, babies and being jobless... Full article.
Antony Worrall Thompson talks about TV, celebrity rivalries and the perils of becoming a brand… ‘I’m the biggest branded chef in Europe,’ Antony Worrall Thompson declares... Full article.
Time Out caught up with Commander in Chief’s Geena Davis to talk sexual politics. When Commander in Chief aired in the States last September the... Full article.
As Lost premiers in Dubai this week, star of the show Matthew Fox talks to Time Out about his second chance at fame, the elusive monster... Full article.
As season two of the scarily addictive Lost crashes on to Dubai’s shores, the island’s siren, Evangeline Lilly talks about trust issues, job swapping and revealing the real Kate Austen... Full article.
Michael Palin’s latest adventure takes the nicest man in show business into the magestical Himalaya. I always wanted to be an explorer, but until September 25, 1988... Full article.
Can the US version of The Office better the original? Michelle Byrne discovers there really is no competition… Americans, it seems, are rarely satisfied to sit back... Full article.
Ooh, it takes a brave Princess to stand up to Dirty Den, but tonight Sharon must have courage in spades as she squares up to her dodgy... Full article.
This touching drama follows the early years of genius Stephen Hawking's fascinating life. Diagnosed with the debilitating motor neurone disease as a bright, 21-year-old PhD... Full article.
With 26 successful series already under its belt, the hit satirical news quiz is a veteran of the small screen and certainly doesn't need any introduction... Full article.
This episode must have been written on Mothering Sunday, judging by the amount of parent-themed storylines jostling for space. Mum's the word for the troubled... Full article.
Who ever said teenagers had an easy life obviously didn't life in Walford. No one can deny that Saint Sonia has had a tough life... Full article.
There is not a dry eye in the house as the residents of Albert Square say a final farewell to Mark Fowler. But poor mum... Full article.
Get prepped for your appointment at Troy-McNamara as the second and superior Nip/Tuck comes to town. There are more shocking exposés and stranger-than-fiction revelations than a surgically-enhanced... Full article.
The interview is over and Trump has found himself a third minion. Find out who will walk away with the prize of a lifetime in... Full article.
The second season of the supernatural suspense Carnivàle is coming to town. Would-be pop princesses and stadium filling boy bands are all understandably afraid of... Full article.
Michelle Byrne talks to David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel stars of Bones, the latest show to be uncovered on TV Land. The powers that be in... Full article.
A clash of the soap titans looks set to split television viewers tomorrow night. EastEnders launches its new Friday night episode at 8pm on BBC1... Full article.
A bit of Laurie
A day to die for?
A nightmare incarnate
California dreaming
Castles made of sand
Changing Lanes
Cutting a fine figure
Great Britain?
Growing pains
Hail to the chef
Hail to the chief
Lost soul
Lost youth
Mount pleasant
Office politics
Picks of the day
Picks of the day
Picks of the day
Picks of the day
Picks of the day
Picks of the day
Plastic fantastic
Playing the Trump card
Roll up, roll up
Sizzling science appeal
Which will you watch?