January 2008 Archives
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry....
Posted by Remote Control on January 29, 2008 11:40 PM
AS a champion of all things confrontational and humiliating on TV (hello Jeremy Kyle), I'm pleased to announced that I've stumbled across something which takes the whole tell-all-in-front-of-the-cameras-and-your-wife genre to a new level.
And perhaps it won't be a massive surprise to be told that the host is Jerry Springer.
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Russell Brand and Paul Merton
Posted by Remote Control on January 25, 2008 5:44 PM
Perhaps it's the power of this blog. Or the ability of this blog to state the bloody obvious when it comes to bemoaning what's lacking in the TV schedules.
Having berated how poor the comedy offering on TV is - I even found myself laughing at My Family the other night - there's actually some good, 'live' comedy starting to finally creep into the schedules.
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When Crimewatch gets a makeover
Posted by Remote Control on January 23, 2008 11:13 PM
I think we all know what it takes for a crime to make it on Crimewatch. By the very nature of Crimewatch, the crimes featured are among the most violent ever committed on our streets.
When we turn on and watch it, perhaps because we think we might be able to help, we know that the crimes being featured are awful. It goes without saying, and we should be able to fill in the gaps of the reconstructions.
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A reason to watch Sky News...
Posted by Remote Control on January 22, 2008 10:59 PM
... other than marvelling at Kay Burley when she announces "isn't it exciting" while hearing about the stock market collapse, that is.
Next time you're trundling through the 7.30pm deluge of crap on a Tuesday evening, try Sky News.
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New year, new you, New Zealand
Posted by Remote Control on January 13, 2008 5:25 PM
NEW YEAR, new you. How many hours of TV are currently being filled with programmes which make out they are trying to help us improve our lives, or change our lives forever?
From what I can see though, only one programme truly delivers on that score. And it's on at 9.15am for the next fortnight.
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Car Crash Band Aid
Posted by Remote Control on January 12, 2008 1:36 PM
Any regular reader of this blog will know what I think of reality TV talent contests: they're good for one thing - humiliaying the deluded. And as such, the early programmes are normally the best - the auditions.
The One and Only (BBC 1, 6.25pm and 9.20pm tonight), however, is going to be must-see TV all the way through. It's basically X-Factor for amateur tribute acts. The prize is top class - a three month contract in the tribute act capital of the world (Las Vegas, not Liverpool during the Mathew Street festival)But by the very nature of the competition, you get people who take being a lookie-likey so seriously that it can only be amusing. Sadly, the BBC has opted not to go for overkill on this reality show, and compacted the selection process into two shows last Saturday night. Even that was a treat. Instead of having publicity-seeking personality judges picking which tribute acts should go through to the main competition, they got super fans.
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Echo Beach...
Posted by Remote Control on January 11, 2008 1:37 AM
So where do soap stars go to when they've finished appearing in Corrie, Eastenders, Neighbours etc etc?
Cornwall, it seems. Once upon a time, part of the fun of watching Casualty was seeing the old soap stars being wheeled in on trolleys before being treated in the world's most dangerous ER.
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Great telly, carefully disguised and hidden away by the BBC
Posted by Remote Control on January 3, 2008 7:33 AM
ALMOST as much of a Christmas tradition as carol singing and over-eating is the filling up of rolling news channel schedules with 'reviews of the year.'
Ok, so that's a bit of an exaggeration, but seriously, it wouldn't be Christmas without BBC News 24 and Sky News packing the back half hour of every hour with some pre-recorded programme.
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Dancing prisoners and Michelle Heaton
Posted by Remote Control on January 2, 2008 9:12 AM
Way back at the start of time, well, when this blog got going, one of the first videos I nicked off YouTube was this one
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Ashamed about Shameless
Posted by Remote Control on January 1, 2008 4:21 PM
Ashamed as I am to admit it, I'm only a very recent conver to Shameless, so when people say the last series wasn't as good as previous ones, I haven't a clue.
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This page contains an archive of all entries posted to Remote Control in the January 2008. They are listed from oldest to newest.
December 2007 is the previous archive.February 2008 is the next archive.
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