Tag Archives: Eurovision

Couch Potato column – Saturday, 9 March

The BBC has decided to play the youth card by choosing 61-year-old Bonnie Tyler as the UK’s Eurovision representative, which leads me to this prediction. Bonnie Tyler, 1976, Lost in France. Bonnie Tyler, 2013, Last In Sweden. ================ There were … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Saturday, 2 June

Consumer champion Dom Littlewood discovered on Channel 5’s War Hero In My Family that his grandfather was a Japanese PoW for three-and-a-half years in the Thai jungle during World War II, enduring horrific brutality, beatings from the guards and near … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Saturday, 26 May

Essex psychic-to-the-stars Jayne Wallace, who can tell a person’s key personality traits just by holding one of their possessions, demonstrated her extraordinary powers on Wednesday’s This Morning. So who was mystery celebrity number one waiting in the wings? Jayne: “This … Continue reading

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Couch Potato weekly column – Friday, 20 May

Good news bad news. Primeval series five begins on Tuesday. But the good news is it’s on channel Watch, so you don’t have to suffer it on terrestrial TV until 2012. ===============================================================  Back now to Channel 5’s OK! TV, which … Continue reading

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Couch Potato weekly column – Friday, 13 May

Text from a mate on Saturday night near the end of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, as David Hasselhoff forgot he wasn’t in front of his musical fans in Germany and decided it would be a good idea to perform This … Continue reading

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Couch Potato weekly column – Saturday, 7 May

Karen “Amy Pond” Gillan on BBC3’s Doctor Who Confidential: “At the end of episode two, we are left with a few questions, such as what is going on with Amy? Is she pregnant? Is she not?” Not to mention, what … Continue reading

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Couch Potato weekly column – Saturday, 23 April

Name change required for ITV1’s implausibly daft The Reckoning to properly describe its plot. The Train Wreckoning. ===================================================== Piece of advice to whichever Sky Sports News scribe wrote this on-screen headline on Tuesday night about Celtic manager Neil Lennon receiving … Continue reading

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