Tag Archives: Dancing On Ice

Couch Potato column – Sat/Sun, 17/18 March

Daybreak’s weekly prize quiz question: Which of these has strings? A) Trumpet. B) Flute. C) Guitar. Or D) Daybreak’s phone-in competition (£1.03 from BT landlines, other networks may be higher and mobiles considerably more). ====================================================  Janet Street-Porter on Thursday’s Loose … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Saturday, 3 March

Back now to BBC1’s Alexander Armstrong last Saturday: “Here are our Pointless Celebrities – Christopher Biggins, Lesley Joseph, Penny Smith, Jon Culshaw and Joe Swash.” Yes, I’m inclined to agree. ==========================================================  Matt Baker, introducing a piece about fraudulent car accident … Continue reading

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Adam Postans’ Couch Potato column – Friday, 27 January

The week’s Couch Potato Spuduhate awards go to: David Jason humiliating himself by dressing up in drag on the laugh-free The Royal Bodyguard. E4 clearly failing to watch Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy before broadcasting the thing, although I’m still not … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Friday, 20 January

Simon Cowell says he’s planning to blast the winner of Britain’s Got Talent into space. Fingers crossed Susan Boyle has another crack at the show. =========================================================== At 10.45pm on Tuesday night, Hollywood actor Michael Madsen was stood in a wheelie … Continue reading

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Adam Postans’ Couch Potato column – Saturday, 14 January

BBC2 honoured Charles Dickens by completing his unfinished work The Mystery of Edwin Drood. I honoured him similarly. By not getting to the end of it. ==============================================================  Blink and you missed it. Before you could Google the name “Andy Akinwolere”, … Continue reading

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Couch Potato weekly column – Saturday, April 2

BBC1’s See You In Court follows poor, poor celebrities as they sue newspapers for what basically amounts to an invasion of privacy. Just as well they’ve got a film crew in tow to record their every moment. ==============================================================   I’m holding … Continue reading

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