Thursday, June 1st, Living tv 8pm (9pm on +1) - Charmed
One subject dominates this weeks UK TV guide with a special focus on this popular supernatural series. The reason being, is that its time to reach for the Kleenex (no! not in a Gary out of Men Behaving Badly way - although that would probably be understandable with the shows superb female cast - NO! Stop that!) because its time to bid farewell to the show and not just for this series as its the landmark final show.
After eight years and way over 150 episodes, but short of 200, its the end of the line for this fantasy drama, which centred around three sibling spell casters and their battle against evil. Personally, it never quite grabbed me in the way Buffy the Vampire Slayer did and maybe the same could be said of the UK market in general, but I know people who did take to it and it was always something there to turn to in the schedule. It also deserves credit for having managed to stick around for so long in this day and age of disposable TV, in particular for having survived a major cast change with the departure of original star - the controversial
Shannen Doherty.
With the Playboy bad girl departing, the show still had three women with a sizable nudography between them in
Holly Marie Combs,
Rose McGowan and that subject of many a fantasy -
Alyssa Milano. Its been enchanting, but after tonight its over...until we turn on the repeats again pretty soon after!