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Young people! Do you want to star in BBC's The Cut?

The BBC's teen channelette BBC Switch has announced that it is has commissioned a second series of its multi-platform teen drama, The Cut. The better news for you Kidz is that the show will be holding open auditions in four...more

Lost

Watch the Reduced Shakespeare Company do Lost

Last week the Reduced Shakespeare Company performed 'Lost Reduced' in London. They said it couldn't be done, but the Reduced Shakespeare Company managed to condense 5 seasons of Lost into 10 minutes, exclusively for Sky1 HD. The result is the...more

Trailer Trash

Trailer Trash: Hotter Than My Daughter

TV doesn't do itself any favours when trying to convince us that it isn't dumbing down. Apparently, the next series of Britain's Got Talent will see a man who is able to puke up coins in any order you like....more

TV News

Come Dine With Me in fakery shocker!

Apparently, Come Dine With Me is not a real cookery show. I know, I know... I feel betrayed to the point of tablets too. The Channel 4 show has mislead viewers all this time, admitting that celebrity contestants are being...more

Columns and Opinions

Will Dancing on Ice flush Jason Gardiner away?

I've said some dreadful things about people on these pages in the name of getting a cheap laugh. Horse-whippings, public humiliation... that sort of thing. Most of the time, I don't mean it and it all unfurls like an elaborate...more

TV Reviews

TV Review: Mo, Channel 4, Sunday, 31 January, 9pm

Pretty much everyone I know loved Mo Mowlam. Somehow, she managed to be both a politician and a human-being. Look at the way everyone likes Vince Cable now... Mo was Vince times a million. She made huge progress in Ireland/Northern...more

Set the Vid

What To Watch This Weekend

Hello weekend! How are you? Me? Grumpy as ever but y'know, nothing new there. I bet you've got loads of cool stuff planned for this weekend like beer, dancing, sex and fistfights in A&E wards. Good ol' you! What about...more

TV News

Pete Waterman to write UK entry for Eurovision

Hit maker and steam enthusiast Pete Waterman will produce this year's UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The Hitman has been responsible for producing and writing more than 200 hits in over 25 years and worked with the likes...more

Being Human

Trailer Trash: Being Human, episode 4!

Fancy seeing 2 new clips of episode 4 of BBC Three's Being Human? If the answer is no, then I've got absolutely no idea why you're reading these words. If the answer is yes, you've probably already stopped reading and...more

Strictly Come Dancing

Alesha Dixon to quit Strictly Come Dancing (again)

Alesha Dixon has once again hinted that she is going to quit BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. I don't know. After all that fuss surrounding ageism, you would have thought she would have stuck it out for a while wouldn't you?...more

Set the Vid

Set The Video: Tower Block of Commons, Channel 4, Monday, 1 February, 9pm

Next week, you can tune in for Tower Block of Commons (Channel 4, Monday, 1 February, 9pm). Now, that's not a pun on commoners who live in high rises, but rather, one of those 'social experiments' where we get to...more

TV News

Liam Gallagher for Total Wipeout or I'm A Celebrity?

Rasping knucklehead, Liam Gallagher has stated that he would be interested in taking part in relentless splooshfest Total Wipeout... he'd even chew a rotting colon or two in I'm A Celebrity. Unless, of course, he hasn't thought about the words...more

Coming Soon...

Alexander Armstrong's Pointless to return to BBC Two

Comedian, actor, Pimms vendor and television presenter Alexander Armstrong returns to BBC Two Daytime for a second run of the popular quiz show Pointless. And yes, it is pleasurable viewing and worth catching on iPlayer if you have a job....more

Big Brother

Davina goes into the Big Brother house, but not for clucking long

We speculated that Davina may well go into the Big Brother house last night and we were right! Or should I say 'we were right to relay the reports we read elsewhere'? Either way, in she went and... well... we...more

Coming Soon...

101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow, coming soon to BBC One

BBC One has commissioned a new show called 101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow, which will air on Saturday evenings and will be hosted by hunk/irritating ironist Steve Jones. So what wacky adventures with the T4 man be getting up...more

Coming Soon...

New BBC Four documentary series charts the changing role of women

Following her acclaimed documentary series Lefties and Jews, film-maker Vanessa Engle's new three-part documentary, Women, comes soon to BBC Four. Coinciding with International Women's Day on Monday 8th March, Women will see Engle turn her attention to sexual politics, charting...more

Comedy

Loaded Laftas - Winners Announced

Justin Lee Collins has regained the title of Funniest Man in Loaded magazine's Laftas awards, laughing off stiff competition from Dara O'Briain, Harry Hill, Russell Howard and Michael McIntyre. Justin Lee Collins is the only person to be awarded the...more

TV Reviews

TV Review: How to Look Good Naked... With a Difference, Channel 4, Tuesday, 26 January, 8pm

Gok Wan is irritating. You know it, I know it... even Gok Wan knows it. However, it doesn't make him a bad person. In a tellyworld of hosts taking proles on a 'journey', Gok is a good contender for being...more

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