Tag Archives: Tv

81 – Top of The Pops to return

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

81/284 People of a certain age will have jingle, jangle, jewellery, jewellery memories of Top Of The Pops, presented by Jimmy Saville. Others will have flicked and fond memories of Noel Edmonds or even more 80s inspired bad bleach dreams … Continue reading →

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74 – Elizabeth Taylor dies, another hole in our cultural comfort blanket

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

74/291 Within what feels like minutes, people all over facebook and twitter have changed their profile pics to various beautiful images of Elizabeth Taylor; people are tweeting humorous quotes by her; YouTube clips of her finest film moments are posted … Continue reading →

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72 – Christopher and his kind – A review

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

72/293 As promised yesterday when ranting on about how admitting to watching a lot of TV was as socially acceptable as admitting to downing LSD with special brew (or something equally un-tasteful), as soon as the chance arose, I snuggled … Continue reading →

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71 – Watching TV – A bit like downing pills with WKD

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

71/294 I read an interesting thing in the Observer magazine this morning. Yes I do a lot of that, reading interesting things in the paper and then talking about it. However this is a respectable thing to do, and one … Continue reading →

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38 – My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding – It seems we’re all missing the point!

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

38/327 A couple of weeks ago I wrote about My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. My main issue was how the fuss being made over the heavy-weight wedding dresses, porno outfits and spray tans was in fact tackily glossing over the … Continue reading →

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34 – Jamie’s 30-minute success

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

34/331 I know I am a softy for Jamie Oliver. I think he is really nice and that what he has done so far in his career is amazing. He is a good TV chef on a par with others, … Continue reading →

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28 – Arctic – Bruce Parry never gets a chilly reception

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

28/337 Reviewing the new series of Arctic with Bruce Parry in the Guardian, Sam Wollaston states “it’s physically impossible not to love Bruce Parry” and I have to agree. There is something entirely enthralling about Bruce, which causes you not … Continue reading →

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