 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Jim Shelley is a British television and entertainment critic.
From 1993 to 2000, Shelley wrote as a freelance writer for The Guardian's supplemental section The Guide. His television criticism work initially appeared as a column under the alias of "Tapehead". These were considered surrealistic reviews of current television, similar to the work of Victor Lewis-Smith and Charlie Brooker.[1][2] He later worked specifically on soap operas under "Soaphead". He also wrote for The Mail on Sunday's "Night on Day" section on soaps.[3][4]
In 2001, with the departure of Charlie Catchpole from the Daily Mirror to the Daily Express, Shelley became the new television critic for the Mirror.[4] He continued to write for the Mirror under its "Shelley Vision" column until 2011.[5][6] In 2012, he was shortlisted for the critic of the year award at The Press Awards.[7] Since 2013, he writes as a television review columnist for the Daily Mail.
In addition, Shelley has written for magazines such as Esquire magazine, Details and BLITZ and was featured in NME.[6]
His collection of Tapehead columns was published as "Interference: Tapehead vs. Television" by Atlantic Books in 2001.
- ^ Moran, Joe (23 August 2013). "The fall and rise of the TV critic". Financial Times. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Rixon, Paul (2006). American Television on British Screens: A Story of Cultural Interaction. Springer. pp. 154–157. ISBN 9780230625242.
- ^ Hodgson, Jessica (26 March 2001). "Shelley and Maconie tipped for Mirror job". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ a b Hodgson, Jessica (22 June 2001). "Soaphead set to join the Mirror". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ ""Daily Mirror's Jim Shelley hangs up his spurs"". The Guardian. 26 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Profile "Jim Shelley is TV critic and columnist"". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Dowell, Ben (17 February 2012). "The Times and Daily Mail lead pack in 2012 Press Awards nominations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 January 2024.