Tag Archives: The Voice

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 column – Saturday, 12 May

The narrator of C4 documentary More Sex Please, We’re British, about the country’s largest online sex-toy retailer Lovehoney: “Last year this company sold 41km of plastic penis. That’s almost a marathon.” Ah, so that explains why they move that way … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Saturday, May 5

BBC1’s continuity woman, the tease that she is, had this little tempter for us last Saturday night: “A sensational new twist now… on The Voice.” So I watched as the live shows began. And I waited. And waited. And, a … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Saturday, 28 April

Maths whizz of the week goes to BBC’s F1 commentator David Coulthard at the Bahrain Grand Prix: “Mark Webber is on his way to a fourth consecutive fourth place. And what do four fours give you? “Third place in the … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Saturday, 31 March – The Voice Hasn’t Got The X Factor

Sunday Brunch on Channel 4? Same Thing For The Weekend. ==========================================  It arrived with a fanfare and a forthright declaration of what it wanted to be, or rather, what it definitely did not want to be. “It’s all about the … Continue reading

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