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Bim Adewunmi

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Thought gross-out comedies from the late 1990s had nothing to offer you? Wrong!
By Bim Adewunmi - 30 May 12:59

Popular culture is bursting with handy tips.

Ross and Rachel in Friends.
By Bim Adewunmi - 23 May 12:49

From Friends to Cheers to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, not all television couples have to ruin the show.

New Statesman
By Bim Adewunmi - 09 May 17:08

After a cosy night watching Dutch reality TV, daily viewing in western Africa retains all the entertainment and human drama - but the stakes are very different indeed.

Oh, look how ridiculous good-looking and clean-cut they were.
By Bim Adewunmi - 18 April 16:28

The creator of Friends, that cultural juggernaut we all love to love, has confirmed there won't be a reunion any time soon. Will anything ever live up to it?

The "Take Me Out" format has now been exported to other countries, including the
By Bim Adewunmi - 12 April 13:54

Television might be considered "low" culture by some, but the universality of certain formats - such as Take Me Out's formalised dating rituals - is a wonderful thing.

Femen activists demonstrate outside Tunisia's Embassy in Paris on 4 April 2013.
By Bim Adewunmi - 05 April 8:56

You cannot dismiss the aims of Femen altogether - they are a group of women looking to change society - but Bim Adewunmi fears the execution of their protests leaves much to be desired.

A visitor looks at an exhibition of Zanele Muholi's photographs. Photograph: Get
By Bim Adewunmi - 30 March 12:23

The photographer and visual activist talks to Bim Adewunmi.

Olivia Colman. Photograph: Getty Images
By Bim Adewunmi - 23 March 12:33

Single, middle-aged women are now a disappearing alien race on television. Why?

Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars.
By Bim Adewunmi - 14 March 18:18

A plea to fans to fund a project turning cancelled TV show Veronica Mars into a movie raised $2.5m in 48 hours. While this could very well be the future of how we consume television, Bim Adewunmi isn’t sure why fans, rather than studios, should bear all the risk. And anyway, isn't it time for a Dawson's Creek movie?

Marching off into the sunset. Photograph: Getty Images
By Bim Adewunmi - 28 February 17:00

Answer: probably nothing. But there's a deeper point - is going on telly what it takes to find love these days?

Quvenzhané Wallis arriving at the Oscars, where she was nominated for Best Actre
By Bim Adewunmi - 25 February 14:19

So often, the names people "cannot" learn to pronounce belong to little black girls and little black boys.

VanCamp's revenge-fuelled portrayal of Emily Thorne is fantastic.
By Bim Adewunmi - 21 February 17:32

There is nothing better than a show about a beautiful woman on a single-minded killing spree to warm up a cold Monday night.

Mark Kermode. Photo: Getty
By Bim Adewunmi - 14 February 16:13

We sent Bim to Cuddle her Favourite Critic.

Kevin Spacey in House of Cards.
By Bim Adewunmi - 07 February 18:15

Netflix has put all of its new House of Cards series online in one go. It's like a boxset without a boxset - but will it ruin the social aspect of telly viewing?

Mark Kermode
By Bim Adewunmi - 31 January 15:22

But beware – one day they will be wrong, and it will break your heart.

Meredith and Cristina in Grey's Anatomy
By Bim Adewunmi - 17 January 12:46

From Buffy and Willow to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, relationships between women are no longer depicted only as bloodletting exercises in one-upmanship.

A scene from Count Duckula.
By Bim Adewunmi - 11 January 8:49

CITV's Old Skool Weekend pricked the bubble of childhood nostalgia for Bim Adewunmi.

Nashville
By Bim Adewunmi - 20 December 18:33

At last, Amy Poehler's Parks and Recreation is heading to our screens - one of a host of great US dramas and comedies heading our way next year.

Nashville
By Bim Adewunmi - 20 December 18:32

At last, Amy Poehler's Parks and Recreation is heading to our screens - one of a host of great US dramas and comedies heading our way next year.

Bruce Willis as John McClane in the original Die Hard film
By Bim Adewunmi - 13 December 18:18

Some of our screen crushes fade quickly, but others (like Bim Adewunmi's for David Addison) last forever. Who's yours?

Issa Rae, star of "Awkward Black Girl".
By Bim Adewunmi - 01 December 8:54

Why internet TV is here to stay.

Morgan Saylor as Dana Brody in Homeland.
By Bim Adewunmi - 23 November 16:19

Is there a dearth of good British teenagers on television?

Viva from Some Girls. Source: BBC
By Bim Adewunmi - 16 November 13:46

In her first column on television and pop culture, Bim Adewunmi explores the progress made by non-white characters on British telly.

Chilli peppers on sale in one of London's markets
By Bim Adewunmi - 07 August 12:13

Bim Adewunmi contemplates Hackney's inevitable gentrification.

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