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Tag Archives: TV
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
Couch Potato column – Saturday, 2 March
Text voting isn’t available on Let’s Dance For Comic Relief, which last week featured Jason Manford on the judging panel. Yes, that’s probably for the best. ================= Rarely is Hollywood’s biggest night of the year an unpredictable affair. But with … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Food Glorious Food, Oscars, Reality TV, Television, TV
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Couch Potato column – Saturday, 23 February
Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies narrator: “Tonight in the clinic, we’ll see a wayward willy.” Ryan Giggs? =================== You can imagine the panic, at ITV, ahead of Wednesday night’s big pop bash. The network’s unofficial patron Simon Cowell would be there, … Continue reading
Couch Potato column – Saturday, 16 February
Out in the nether reaches of digital TV land, Crime & Investigation Network devoted Sunday evening to wall-to-wall episodes of Curious & Unusual Deaths. But you didn’t have to trawl very far to witness one of those. There were several … Continue reading
Couch Potato column – Saturday, 9 February
Girlband The Saturdays are spending three months trying to crack America for a new series on E! channel, Chasing The Saturdays, which opened with these introductions: “I’m Una.” “I’m Frankie.” “I’m Mollie.” “I’m Rochelle.” “I’m Vanessa.” “And together we are…” … Continue reading
Couch Potato column – Saturday, 2 February
This week’s Kate Humble award for the most outlandish BBC foreign junket destination goes to Wonders Of Life’s Professor Brian Cox: “This lake is effectively its own sealed ecosystem. The marine life in here is isolated. This is the golden … Continue reading
Couch Potato column – Saturday, 26 January
Janet Street-Porter, discussing a report about British accents, on Wednesday’s Loose Women: “When I was at school they wanted me to have elocution lessons because they said I would never get on.” Did you get your money back, Janet? =============== … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebrity Big Brother, Comedy, National Television Awards, Reality TV, Television, TV
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Couch Potato column – Saturday, 19 January
All Star Family Fortunes question of the week: “Name a fruit you would recognise by feel.” Biggins? ============== A quick check now, six months after London 2012, on how that Olympics legacy is going. New clubs are springing up everywhere, … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain's Brightest, Comedy, Reality TV, Splash!, Television, TV, Winterwatch
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TV review of the year – Couch Potato column – Saturday, 5 January
2012, the year that gave us the Diamond Jubilee, with BBC1’s Fearne Cotton and John Barrowman, and crowned Jack Whitehall as television’s King of Comedy. But it wasn’t all bad. We had Danny Boyle’s phenomenal Olympics Opening Ceremony, including the … Continue reading
Couch Potato column – Saturday, 22 December
November 29, 2012, 5.58am, a random ITV newscaster: “Now here’s the red-top tabloids with, frankly, non-stories from the Australian jungle on their front pages, about I’m A Celebrity.” December 19, 2012, 1.48pm, ITV newscaster Geraint Vincent: “A swimmer in Australia … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Reality TV, Sports Personality of the Year, Strictly Come Dancing, Television, TV
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