Old dogs…

Anyone who didn’t catch The Underdog Show (BBC2, Tuesdays 8pm) last night *must* watch it next week. A group of ‘famous people’ (they’re not qualified to be celebs – Theo ‘Dragon’s Den’ Paphitis is in it for gawd’s sake) learn to be dog handlers and each week must perform an assault course and tricks [...]

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Weekend round-up

Right lots on over the weekend, so it’s just a quickie for now (where have I heard that before?)
FridayAll I’m going to say about Friday evening is don’t watch a charity programme when you’ve only got £10 to last you til pay day and when you’ve just had the week from hell. Muchos frustrated crying [...]

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Any excuse for a pic of Daniel Craig semi-naked

Ford has had its knuckles wrapped because their advert for the Ford Focus Zetec Climate used footage from the latest Bond film when actually the film features the Ford Mondeo car.
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) said: “We considered that, because of the difficulty in differentiating between the two cars, the ad was likely to give [...]

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You’re a dick-head. You’re fired.

Yes, yes, yes! The hater of liars, cheaters and light-weights is back. OK, so it’s just for Comic Relief, but this celebrity edition hails the return of The Apprentice (on BBC1 no less) very soon indeed. Can’t wait.
Loving how Trinny calls everyone ‘Darling’ in a not-at-all ironic way. I think I shall adopt this [...]

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Lazy comedy slags…

Very excited today as I’ve just confirmed that I’m to see the wonderful Mr Richard Herring in Oxford next month.
You all know how I love a bit of classic telly, so here’s a fab snippet (and one of my faves) from the glorious Lee & Hering’s TMWRNJ circa 1990-something. Them were the good old [...]

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Kissing in the back row of the movies

I’ve seen a few unpleasant things in my time. When I was in journo training we were shown un-screened footage of a decapitation somewhere in the east. This group of men were holding up another man’s head by his hair and it was horribly graphic. In another scene, another man was beaten with bats [...]

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A black day for Blue Peter

Clean as a whistle, whiter than a virgin’s underwear, Blue Peter has now come under fire after faking a competition. To me, this spells the end of all goodness in the world. You can take your Al Qaeda, your 911s and your nuclear arms – the day that Blue Peter faked a competition is [...]

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Bam Bam!

We all know how I feel about “what if” documentaries – those dummed-down documentaries that are there to show off the latest in computer technology, or launch the next pseudo-doctor into the fame stratosphere or in my case, to get my head shaking and my mouth spewing the immortal catchprase “EXCEPT IT ISN’T, IS [...]

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TV irony of the week

Foam red noses have been banned from the set of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy…
You couldn’t make it up.

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Channel Four to screen rubbish reality show

At least they admit to it…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6428321.stm
They’re surely scraping the bottom of the er… barrel with this one…

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