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This week Rob Brearley, Creative Producer with Roving Enterprises, talks to us about his work with the 7pm Project. In our continuing look at the Greatest TV Characters of All Time, the excellent Lawrence Mooney joins us to talk about Al Swearengen. There’s a new quiz question with another DVD box set to win. RSS […]

Danny Blay is an Executive Officer from No to Violence. He comes in to talk about representations of sexual violence on television. If that doesn’t sound like enough fun and good times, we look at some characters from 30 Rock in the Greatest TV Characters of All Time. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 231 […]

Rajendra Roy is the head film curator for MoMA in New York and we have a little discussion with him about what Television actually means. John talks about The Doctor as one of the Greatest TV Characters of All Time. Brett and John have an argument about politics that gets really boring but ends in […]

We really say the word “box” about 50 times in this episode. We can be so infantile sometimes. Those are the times we like the best. We look at Daria as a contender for the Greatest TV Characters of All Time. Nelly talks about her new PVR. And there’s some other stuff. RSS feed iTunes […]

Yes. We finally review How to Make it in America. “About bloody time,” you all shout in a wondrous chorus. Also, John goes through why he chose Lynda Day for his choice to include in the list of Greatest TV Characters of All Time. We had a lot of fun putting this one together. Probably […]

This is turning into a massive operation. We have created a provisional list of the Greatest TV Characters of All Time taken from your suggestions over the last two weeks and our own personal top tens. You can hear all about how we’re putting the list together and our continual investigation about what makes a […]

James Talia joins us to discuss the recent controversy over Channel 7 news and the former NSW Minister for Transport. We review this year’s Eurovision coverage and the Lost finale. And we look at the recent shows we’ve reviewed and see how they match up against the Bechdel Test. All that and more. Just listen. […]

Treme is the new David Simon drama on HBO. We review it for your listening pleasure. Also, by request, Nelly does a run down of the latest season of Survivor in anticipation of tomorrow night’s finale. Brett discusses some bad reporting in Ray Watch. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 225 in your browser Hey […]

We speak with creators of ABC TV’s Lowdown, Amanda Brotchie and Adam Zwar. Also we review the recent HBO series, How to Make it in America. Update: We were planning on reviewing this show but ended up talking to our excellent guests for a little longer than expected. We’ll pick this up in a couple […]

We don’t even once accidentally call The Circle “the Coven” but that would have been hilarious if we had. There is a heap of other segments as well and hilarious puns and stuff. Articulate and everything. Listen: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 223 in your browser Hey you. Come and celebrate the wonder of […]

In the post coital-type bliss of that flamin’ mongrel Alf taking out the gold Logie, Boxcutters gets back to basics with: Our take on the latest offering from non-pejorative basic-cable channel, FX, Justified, starring Timothy Oliyphant in the titular role as Justin Timberlake in a hat; The shooting down of another TV Cliche seen on […]

Nelly Thomas is back in the co-host chair after a very successful comedy festival. We discuss the changes in this year’s Masterchef and review the ABC kids’ series, Dead Gorgeous, in ‘Before and After School’. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 221 in your browser News Items Here are some news items we didn’t get […]

Dave Lawson tells us all about the goal of combining football and family entertainment on the Bounce. Drew Rhodes was the location manager for The Pacific. We find out all about recreating 1940s Melbourne in 2009 and just what the hell a location manager does anyway? Oh, and also we review the Pacific, just in […]

Lin Buckfield is the new executive producer of Media Watch. We speak to her about her anticipation of the new job. Also we kind of review the new show Spartacus: Blood and Sand. It’s silly but fun: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 219 in your browser

This week we talk to Dan Ilic about the ads he created for the VicRoads road-safety campaign. You probably would have seen them referred to because of their controversy. Also, Dave Bloustien discusses writing for Good News Week and the Glass House. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 218 in your browser Maybe after listening […]

In Things You May Have Missed, John introduces us to An Englishman in New York, the continuation of the story of Quentin Crisp. We discuss the changes going ahead at the BBC and also look at whether or not the Golden Age of Television has now passed. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 217 in […]

We love it when our friends come back from an overseas jaunt, bearing gifts from foreign lands, and we always try to catch the magic of the joy and surprise on Boxcutters. In this week’s fresh-off-the-plane episode, Josh brings us an audio journey through the trials and tribulations of getting into the Ed Sullivan Theater […]

When the opportunity arrived to speak to the Executive Producer of one of the most influential TV shows on the planet, there was absolutely no question about it. Josh spoke to Carol-Lynn Parente about Sesame Street, the death of Mr Hooper, the introduction of new characters, and using TV as an educational tool. Brought to […]

As you will no doubt remember, the first time we had Craig McLachlan in the studio we were all so impressed, charmed and generally gooey about the experience that we had to invite him back to: Finish examining his career thus far; and See if multiple exposure to his delightful personality returned us to our […]

It’s like going to the fights and having a hockey game break out this week on Boxcutters as we tie up the trans-Pacific phone lines, talking with Peter Campbell (Director of FOXTEL Sport and Olympic Games) and Giaan Rooney (former Australian Olympian and Channel 9 Winter Olympics 2010 commentator) live and direct from Vancouver, BC, […]