Archive for the ‘Quote of the Day’ Category
Friday, February 9th, 2007
Time was when the nation’s libraries were full of people flocking to read Professor Stephen Hawking’s seminal work on relativity, space, time, the universe and everything A Brief History of Time. Well, the history was very brief and its time was ten years ago, because the (non-fiction) Lending List is now topped with a book that, according to a spokeswoman from the Public Lending Right (PLR) organisation, "…reveals our national preoccupation with self-image and our growing obsession with who we are and what we look like."
Yes, it’s "You Are What You Eat" by our favourite poo-checker, Gillian McKeith, and as if that wasn’t enough, her book of recipes also based on the programme appears in the list at number three.
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Friday, August 25th, 2006
Aww. Look at this nice lady. Butter wouldn’t melt would it? Well, this lady is Jo Malin, and she’s worked in live TV for nearly a decade with a flawless record. Until now that is. Most presenters fear the phrase ‘Kent Countryside’… not one you want to garble… but Malin’s slip of the tongue came during an outside broadcast in the Central TV area.
Asked by the studio anchor during the evening bulletin what
the weather was like at the outside broadcast location Trentham
Gardens, near Stoke, she gave her army of fans her candid
appraisal of the situation. "It’s pissing down," she reported. Genius.
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Friday, August 25th, 2006
What would you do if you were a supermarket manager and you spotted EastEnders star James Alexandrou (Martin Fowler) shopping with his latest squeeze Kara Tointon (Dawn Miller)? Well the manager of a North London Waitrose didn’t have to think twice. Reaching for the tannoy, he announced:
"Could Martin Fowler please go to the fruit and veg counter, I repeat, could Martin Fowler please go to the fruit and veg counter." Priceless. Alexandrou was less than amused though. Still that would be in character wouldn’t it? At least for Martin.
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Monday, August 14th, 2006
According to Digital Spy yesterday, ITV have a new secret weapon in the battle for Saturday night supremacy. No, it’s not The X-Factor. It’s not Ant & Dec. It’s something that, according to ‘a source’ talking to The People, has "ratings winner written all over it." Yep, you read that right. ITV are banking their Saturday nights on a shift of The Price Is Right from its current weekday teatime slot to a Saturday night position and they’ve commissioned 30 one-hour shows, fronted by Joe Pasquale.
Without a hint of irony, the ‘source’ also says "It’s a closely-guarded secret…" while talking to a Sunday tabloid. *koff*
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Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
An enterprising vicar down in Emsworth plans to teach the Bible to kids by dressing up as Doctor Who.
The Rev Tom Kennar says, “Any child who watches Doctor Who will be familiar with the idea of time travel, so they’ll understand going back in time to meet biblical characters. I can’t promise there’ll be any Daleks or Cybermen but we will be meeting some of God’s heroes of the Bible, and some genuine villains.”
About 120 children will get to watch daily episodes of Doctor Who alongside water play, cooking and craft activities at his summer club, which runs from July 25 to 28 in St James’s School in Emsworth.
How fun does that sound!? [Rob Buckley]
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Thursday, April 13th, 2006
by Mof Gimmers
We all know the impact of a great theme tune. In fairness, it can turn the most average programme into a cult classic. Look at Ironside for example. It was, and recent viewing confirm this, shit. A detective on wheels. Worse still, a rubbish sombre DI on wheels. If you were a baddie, you’d just pop his tyres wouldn’t you? Not if you heard his killer Quincey Jones soundtrack with lush rolls of jazz and moog sirens.
Anyway, here are 10 of the best in no particular order…
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
"I did want to be buried alive in jelly once, but it’s actually impossible to escape from – you can’t displace it. Maybe I will do a custard escape at some point. Custard is quite explosive, so yeah."
– Escapologist Jonathan Goodwin, who endured a nasty rope burn after a live hanging stunt went wrong on E4′s Death Wish Live. The best bits got a terrestrial airing on C4 last Friday.
Viewers were then invited to throw questions at Jonathan in a webchat (transcript). He’s a likeable chap, who’s not very good around cotton wool or confrontation ("If I had to go into HMV and take a CD back I’d hate it and go bright red").
One viewer asked: "What is your favourite restraint?". Children, this is the kind of person you want to avoid when speed-dating.
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Friday, March 10th, 2006
"I never aspired to be a celebrity. I never watched reality TV. I had no respect for the culture.
"It’s hard to become the embodiment of something you’ve never respected, when you used to do something you had lots of respect for."
– Reality TV regular, internet film star, serious stage actress and former nurse, Abi Titmuss.
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Thursday, March 9th, 2006
Harry Hill observation of the week: Apprentice berserker Jo Cameron = Frank Skinner in drag.
(Please do watch Harry Hill’s TV Burp. Best thing on ITV. Best thing on all weekend, in fact, apart from Simon Amstell‘s bits in Popworld.)
* Harry Hill’s TV Burp, ITV1, Saturdays, 5.30pm* Popworld, C4, Saturdays at 10.30am
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Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
"I’m a rebel. People like me are a threat to corporations. I’m not a ‘yes’ person. If Sir Alan said ‘jump’ to Tim, Tim would say ‘how high?’. If he said ‘jump’ to me, I’d say ‘what for?’"
– Shouty Saira Khan, who is not at all bitter that she came second in last year’s Apprentice to nice guy Tim Campbell.
* The Apprentice (ep 2 rpt), BBC2, tonight at 7pm
* The Apprentice (ep 3), BBC2, tomorrow at 9pm
* The Apprentice: You’re Fired, BBC3, tomorrow at 10pm
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Monday, March 6th, 2006
"Apparently I upset Girls Aloud. I can live with that. I don’t have a beef with them, though they are bitches, obviously."
– Deadpan divinity Simon Amstell, soon to be ex-presenter of Popworld, responding to the Asda pop tarts’ contention that he’s "a horrible bitchy old queen who needs his hair cutting."
* Popworld, C4, Saturdays at 10.30am
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
"Reality TV is my guilty pleasure. But I wouldn’t do it myself, because I’d be totally sucked in and a gibbering wreck after a couple of days.
"My ego says: ‘Go and do ballroom dancing on TV, you’d be great!’ Then my brain kicks in…"
– Hotel Babylon concierge Dexter Fletcher, who’d be just the ticket for series 4 of Strictly Come Dancing. Just look at him in the pic: the suit! The poise! The Paso Doble facial expression! But could he handle the fake tan?
* Hotel Babylon, BBC1, Thursdays at 9pm
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
"I haven’t dismissed the idea of adopting a child, but I haven’t dismissed skydiving in the future either."
"Like most people in the public eye I think it would be so nice to have a face-lift without surgery. I wish they could smooth out my face with rubber gloves. Or a face transplant."
– GMTV presenter and Just the Two of Us underdog Penny Smith, who is delightful and looks very handy for 48. However she has a singing voice like cats being boiled in paint stripper.
* Just the Two of Us, BBC1, Thursday 2 March, 8pm
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
"It’s a funny [kind of] dog show. You get trotted out like Britain’s prize poodle, and they give you marks out of ten for what you’re wearing."
– Top bird Keira Knightley, who’s been nominated as Best Actress for Pride & Prejudice.
* 78th Academy Awards, Sky Movies 1, Sunday 5 March, 12.05am
* Oscar Highlights, Sky One, Monday 6 March, 10pm
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
"I hate those people who pretend they only watch Newsnight. I watch a lot of TV.
"I loved The Thick of It and Extras, and I love The Larry Sanders Show, which is being shown again on ITV4. And Curb Your Enthusiasm, though I think it gets predictable sometimes.
"I felt I had to watch some reality TV to see what was going on, so I watched Big Brother when that Scottish boy [Cameron Stout] won. Unfortunately it was the least popular series."
– Top-notch TV dramatist Stephen Poliakoff, currently getting the ‘special season’ treatment from the Beeb.
* Gideon’s Daughter, BBC1, Sunday 26 Feb, 9pm
* Close My Eyes, BBC4, Sunday 26 Feb, 19.45pm
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
"We are totally committed to Davina’s show and will stick by it," says a BBC spokesman, after Davina only managed 2.7 million viewers at prime time last night.
Despite the lure of Pierce Brosnan and Martin Shaw, the show dropped 800,000 viewers – a quarter of its audience, including me – from its debut last week. Meanwhile 3.5m watched some people moving house on C4 and 3.3m watched some women skiing on BBC2.
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
"I was sent good luck cards from Tom Baker and Peter Davison. They were the Doctors I grew up watching while eating toast and drinking Tizer, so I was very honoured."
– David Tennant, child of the 70s and 10th Doctor Who.
More Who news:
* Tonight sees the US debut of the Doctor Who TV trailer. US cable network the Sci-Fi Channel will air the Christopher Eccleston series from 17 March.
* The new BBC series will debut in April. The Cybermen will be back, and there are cameos from 80s assistant Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) and – be still, sprinting heart – K-9.
* Writer Russell T Davies has said it would be "marvellous" to make a Who movie with Tennant. But don’t start queuing yet, fanboys: "We are too busy to blink at the moment."
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
"The business cares about awards. So do I, although it’s bonkers, and there’s corruption: who’s got the most bully boys and money. But it’s nice when someone says ‘We noticed you’."
– Blackadder‘s Queenie, Miranda Richardson, who was twice nominated for Oscars (Damage in 1992 and Tom & Viv in 1994). This weekend she stars with Bill Nighy in Gideon’s Daughter, part of the Beeb’s Poliakoff season.
* Gideon’s Daughter, BBC1, Sunday 26 Feb, 9pm
* 78th Academy Awards, Sky Movies 1, Sunday 5 March, 12.05am (doesn’t that make it Monday?)
* Oscar Highlights, Sky One, Monday 6 March, 10pm
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