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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
From: Set The Video - Dis/Connected, BBC Three, Monday, 9pm