Tag Archives: This Morning

Couch Potato column – Saturday, 10 November

That great philosopher and scholar Whitney Houston once sang: “I believe the children are our future.” Based on the latest evidence from BBC1, let’s hope for the sake of mankind she was much mistaken. Because, fighting tooth and nail for … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Friday, 10 February

Liz Bonnin on BBC1’s cute but bantamweight Super Smart Animals: “A sea lion here in Santa Cruz, California, is using its intelligence to master basic numbers and the entire alphabet.” Rumour has it Harry Redknapp has signed up to the … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Saturday, 25 June

The rich and varied Saturday night entertainment on ITV1, part 3,627 – June 18, 2011. 7.22pm, a Tom Jones tribute act got into character, on Odd One In. 9.06pm, a Tom Jones tribute act got into character, on The Marriage … Continue reading

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Couch Potato column – Saturday, 18 June

Wednesday night, 9pm, BBC4, Apples: British To The Core. And they say good BBC documentaries don’t grow on trees. =============================================================== What goes through a racing driver’s mind when he takes the chequered flag? In David Coulthard’s case, as he clinched … 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 – 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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Couch Potato weekly column, Saturday, 9 April

Two TV mysteries. Why is Daybreak so far behind BBC Breakfast in the viewing figures? And why was Christine Bleakley accompanying Right Said Fred, on the kazoo, to Deeply Dippy on Thursday? For the answer to A), see B). ================================================================ … 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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