It feels great to be really positive about TV, that’s why the compiling of our fave shows of 2007 was such a joy to do. However, for every brilliant show there is a line of decidedly average programmes lying in wait. Worse still is that some broadcasts go beyond average and into dismal territory. Last year, the worst show was deemed to be The IT Crowd, and seeing as it’s had a second series this year, will it feature again?

Sadly, this year has left me spoiled for choice with bad shows, so I’ve purposefully ignored the majority of reality shows as they’re too easy a target aren’t they? So, picking through what is left should be a little easier. Of course, this list is completely subjective and if you disagree with any of the shows, utilise our comments box! One man’s rubbish is another man’s gold. Read over for the worst of 2007.

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10. Seven Sins of England (Channel 4)

The Seven Sins of England was bad. Really really bad. Designed to be edgy and inyerface, the show leaned too heavily on swearing and bad behaviour. The Seven Sins of England were considered to be Slaggishness, Drunkeness, Hooliganism, Consumerism, Violence, Racism and Bigotry. Seems fair enough. However, getting a bunch of thesps to act like they were working class reeked of a bunch of TV execs hooting and clapping at how ‘real’ the working classes are! I was left reeling after the show, pointing out that people who work in media are “lost in a world of cocaine and packet sushi. They’re idiots. They look down from their tasteless glass fronted offices buildings and simultaneously snigger and whoop at all the people walking by in the street! “Oh! Hermoine! Look! Do you think that they’re going to go out tonight and drink alcki pips and fight! How real! How thrilling!” It’s not thrilling. It’s incredibly sad.”

9. The IT Crowd (Channel 4)

It breaks my heart to include The IT Crowd in the Worst of 2007. Last year, the show topped the poll for the Worst of 2006 and it almost feels cruel including it again. However, the reasons remain… the show could’ve given so much… it’s from the pen of Graham Linehan who has contributed to Father Ted, Black Books, Brass Eye, Jam, Big Train… in short, loads of my fave shows ever made. Sadly, when I tried to talk to Graham a while ago, he gave me some very fruity language in return thanks to its chart topping in the Worst of 2006. If I bump into him, he’s probably going to swing for me.

8. Fear, Stress and Anger (BBC Two)

This show may have been bad, but it did result in my favourite review of the year (click here to watch it). I can add no more.

7. Food Poker (BBC Two)

Food Poker is one of the most pointless things I’ve ever seen. It’s nothing like poker either… it’s more like Food Top Trumps. Chefs who clearly have too much time on their hands end up cooking from cards with pictures of food on… and… er… that’s it. It’s so mind numbing that it makes Chris from Eggheads look like a riot!

6. Star Stories (Channel 4)

Good lord. Where do I start? Star Stories was crowbarred into the Friday night spot on Channel 4 at the expense of things like My Name Is Earl. Instead of showing off a fine acquisition, Four decided to keep it in-house, and stick with a bunch of witless comics doing humour-less impressions of annoying people. Each layer that you peeled away revealed another rotting skin. “Worse than shocking” I said…

5. Robin Hood (BBC One)

Robin Hood, also a feature in last years list of TV crap, continues to be a Beeb White Elephant with the trots. So bad is this show that I was called up by The Editor because he wanted a rant about a casino scene in the programme. You read right. That’s roulette wheels made from straw and things like that (well, sort of… there might as well have been a roulette wheel made of straw!). This show is beyond awful and the mix of accents is… well…

4. You Are What You Eat: Gillian Moves In (Channel 4)

There’s no getting away from the fact that Gillian McKeith is one of the most appalling individuals ever to slime into a shot. She’s a loud-mouthed bully that picks on people who clearly need help… but a dressing down. Instead of tough love, McKeith simply offers tough-hate. She squints her evil little peepers at fat people, makes them undress for the camera and ferrets around in their dung to prove some woolly point. Tweaking people’s insecurities with overblown death props (like a choc-ice shaped like a coffin) is no fun at all… in fact, it’s incredibly depressing. She’s gettin’ paid for it too!

3. Cook Yourself Thin (Channel 4)

Cook Yourself Thin was so terrible that I can’t sum it up in a short paragraph. You really need to click the link above to see why it was the most patronizing programme shown on Channel 4 in 2007. Here’s more reasons why it’s bad.

2. Fonejacker (Channel 4)

Jesus wept. Fonejacker, another failed attempt at homegrown comedy from Channel 4, was a ludicrously bad programme. Apart from being incredibly one dimensional, “the most annoying thing about this show is that it could be good. Prank phone calls, as purile as they are, are sometimes great. However, the person doing it needs to be a funny f*****r. This show isn’t funny at all. It really isn’t. It isn’t worth giving a chance it’s that poor. Worse still, as it’s all catchphrases, I imagine I’m going to find myself in a pub listening to moo-brained students shouting “much love” and “doovdé” and… and… I may have to start smacking people in the mouth… and it’s all Fonejackers fault.”

1. Nigella Express (BBC Two)

Go to the main page of TVScoop and type ‘Nigella Express’ into the search bar. There you’ll find loads of reviews of this terrible terrible programme, each getting more angry than the one previous. In short, Nigella Lawson is fast becoming the new Gillian McKeith. She is a woman who can do no right in my eyes. She’s patronising, she’s unrealistic and so annoying that she once left me wanting to “kick myself into a coma”. She really is stunningly awful. When she’s not playing the ‘prole’, she’s making pancakes with instant mix… which, for my money, is cheating. The whole point of Nigella Express is to show us that her life is just like ours, so that, when she gives us advice, we can apply it directly to our lives. However, the show is so wide of the mark that you could have static for 30 minutes and gleen more useful information just by thinking. Without doubt, Nigella Express is the worst cookery show ever made and sadly, it looks like it’s going to be on our screens for years to come.