TV

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
3x01 New Captain
3x02 The Funeral
[Watch New Captain and The Funeral (again) on All 4.]

Death in Paradise
5x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Dickensian
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Stephen Fry: A Life on Screen
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
[#6 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

aka Master Killer... not that anyone ever actually calls it that, it seems.

TV

The Big Fat Quiz of Everything
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Insert Name Here
1x02 William
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Lady of Burlesque (1943)
[#5 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

TV

Dickensian
1x01 Episode 1
This seems to have provoked a mixed response, but I thought it got off to a promising start.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Elementary
4x06 The Cost of Doing Business

Insert Name Here
1x01 Frank
No, that's not me forgetting to name the programme -- if you've not heard of it, that's what it's called.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2015/2016 Episode 10 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Elementary
4x05 The Games Underfoot

Films

Funny Games (1997)
[#4 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

this week on 100 Films

No reviews but lots of special posts this week on 100 Films in a Year.


First: I finished my look-back at 2015 with my bottom 5 and top 20 (yes, 20) films I watched last year:




Then: I announced a new series for 2016, detailing my 100 favourite movies:



(More on that in a moment.)


Penultimately: I kicked off a new year of my "What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen" series with my 12 choices:




Finally: not a review per se, but I posted the first of my 100 Favourites this morning:


Aladdin (1992)

Hailing from slap-bang in the middle of the Disney Renaissance, Aladdin may not be quite as strong as the films either side of it (Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King), but it’s the next best thing.

Read more here.


More favourites -- and, hopefully, some good old fashioned reviews -- next Sunday.

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2015/2016 Episode 9 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Voice UK
5x01 The Blind Auditions 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

12 Years a Slave (2013)
[#3 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2016 #2

Collection Count

Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.

A two-disc release for a single TV episode? Well, it is the Sherlock special.

Number of titles in collection: 1,826 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,212 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 614 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 4,667 [up 1]
Number of films in collection: 1,993 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 7,064 [up 1]
Number of short films in collection: 465 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Arrow
4x09 Dark Waters

Celebrity Mastermind
2015/2016 Episode 8 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Have I Got News For You
50x10 (11/12/2015 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch the extended version (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Snatch. (2000)
[#2 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2016 #1

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2015/2016 Episode 7 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2015/2016 Episode 6 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2015/2016 Episode 5 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

this week on 100 Films

A new year means it's also a new month, so it was time to look back at December over at 100 Films in a Year this week:




Also, it's time to look back on the entire year. So, first up, my full list -- and the exciting statistics!




The final year-end post, featuring my top ten and bottom five, is imminent. Other than that, there was just 1 brand-new review published...


Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)

the latest episode of the BBC’s modern-day Sherlock Holmes series is actually a standalone adventure set in the character’s original Victorian time period... if you’re someone who’s a Sherlock Holmes fan but not keen on Sherlock and are wondering if the changed temporal setting means this special might be of interest to you, then I think it’s fair to say it won’t.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Celebrity Mastermind
2015/2016 Episode 4 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Elementary
4x04 All My Exes Live in Essex

The Flash
2x09 Running to Stand Still

Collection Count

Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.

Nothing to add in the short time between Christmas and the New Year. Ho hum.

Number of titles in collection: 1,825 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,212 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 613 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 4,665 [no change]
Number of films in collection: 1,993 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 7,063 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 465 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.