What a weird month of telly June was. Again I had it in my head that there wasn’t anything decent on, but I was wrong – looking back through the archives to compile this pole there was, in fact, series that could well end up in our end-of-year rundown. So without further ado, here’s this month’s poll. Vote for the one you enjoyed the most and if your choice isn’t on there, tell us!

Looking back at the month of May, it was pretty obvious there wasn’t a huge amount of new stuff, but what there was, was real quality. Channel 4′s excellent Britain’s Lost Children season (culminating in the stunning The Unloved) and the BBC’s poetry season provided ample and hard hitting social documentary and culture. But what was your favourite show of the month? Why not vote and tell us?

After a scrappy start, John Higgins finally began to stamp his authority over the final last night, potting his way to an overnight lead of 11-5 over rival Shaun Murphy. But away from the table, the buzz this year has been about the potential introduction of a new, shorter form of the game christened “Super 6s”. In an effort to emulate the excitement generated by Twenty20 cricket, snooker’s governing body is trying to shake things up and find a way to increase the popularity of the game. But is this a change too far? Does snooker really need sexing up? Should the World Snooker body be pandering to people with the attention span of goldfish? Click through to have your say.

Related: Top 5 TV snooker commentators | Snooker: The times they are a-changing

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When I sat down to compile this poll, I had this thing sticking in my mind that April was a bit of a rubbish month for TV. But going through all our reviews for the month of April revealed that it really wasn’t so bad, and incredibly diverse. There new Doctor Who, new Red Dwarf, loads of lifestyle shizzology on Channel 4, new Dexter, new Louis Theroux, BGT, and Mind Of A Tyrant on Channel 4 for all the history freaks. And My Life As An Animal. Less said about that little experiment the better. So what was your favourite? Let us know!

The BBC have just announced that Daniella Westbrook is to return to Walford, reprising her role as Sam Mitchell 20 years after she first walked the Square and, perhaps more controversially, stepping into the shoes of Kim Medcalf who most recently appeared in the same role only four years ago. Normally news like this would kick up a storm of comments here on TV Scoop, but with our comment facility still out of action, click through to read my take on this news, and leave your vote in one of our famous polls.

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March seemed like a long month to me, especially in TV Land. The brilliant TV we experienced in the early months of 2009 seemed to subside a wee bit, and things got a bit patchier. Still, there was some meaty, enigmatic drama (Red Riding), some Comic Relief shits and giggles, and some decent docs. But what was your favourite show of last month? Tell us by voting in the poll below and your choice isn’t there, tell us what it was!

Russell T Davis, one of the most famousest men in the telly, has put forward a rather interesting idea. He reckons that some of the Lotto money should fund children’s TV, which is suffering big-time in this recession of ours. So what do you think? Hasn’t the Lottery got enough British projects to fund, not least the Olympics? Or does kids’ TV deserve to be revitalised with a little gambling money?

Related: Is Children’s TV back on the ball? | BBC One to dump children’s TV? | Mof’s Top 5 Weird Kids Shows

The thing that strikes me about BBC One’s school drama, apart from how mad it is, is just how long it is. There are 20 episodes. Twenty! That’s a lot for a homegrown drama series. Nonetheless, it has been signed up for a fifth series and reports suggest that future storylines for this adult version of Grange Hill will focus in on the merging of Waterloo Road with a rival school. Anyway. Does this soapy, vaguely ridiculous series deserve another outing? What do you think? Tell us!

Related: Some Waterloo Road reviews and stuff

Choose your metaphor: the knives, or axes, or scissors are out at ITV and there’s about to be blood on the carpet, or shrapnel in the panelling, or a shot in the dark, or a cut above the rest. Yes ITV executives, bereft of anything remotely approaching a clue, are casting around for somebody to blame, sack, cut, shorten, replace, or otherwise do damage to, as long as it will save money. Some of your favourite programmes may be for the chop! Conversely, some of your most hated output may soon be put out of your misery! Click through for your chance to decide what should go and what should stay. Harness the power of TV Scoop!(*)

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Ill. In bed. Apart from the checking emails and the like. I’ll keep this short. In light of all the brouhaha surrounding Ms G Trimble, her incredible performances and the controversy surrounding her team’s disqualification and stripping of its title, I had a thought – wouldn’t it be great if we, and I mean we as in the power of the internet, could arrange a rematch in a neutral venue between JUST Gail Trimble taking on the whole of the Manchester team. We could do it in a room above a pub, we could ask Paxo to come down for an hour, it’s be great! Is that what the nation wants? What do you think?

Related: Random hate: Someone called Trimble from Corpus Christi on University Challenge | Apology | Trimble Watch: Last night’s University Challenge semi-final | How many points will Gail Trimble win for her team in the final of University Challenge | Trimble-gate trundles on: Did Corpus Christi field an ineligible player?

Just looking through the sheer amount of shows on in February while I was compiling this poll, suggested that it was a real golden gasser of a month. So why not tell us what your favourite show was? I’m going for Mad Men myself, but I could quite easily forgive you if you plumped for Moses Jones, Trouble In Amish Paradise, Whitechapel and the criminally overlooked New Town. I haven’t even mentioned Heroes yet! So what floated your boat? If your fave isn’t on the list, let us know.

I watched a bit of 10 Years Younger last night and it dawned on me half way through that one of the great TV debates of our time was evolving right in front of my eyes. Nicky Hambleton-Jones, the cool blonde with the sharp tongue (this isn’t a Raymond Chandler novel before you ask), had been ousted as host in favour of warm, fluffy and annoyingly ubiquitous Myleene Klass. Thankfully, Myleene’s sugary smilings were kept to a minimum, and it seemed that the various stylists, plastic surgeons and dentists were given equal billing. Which was a good thing. So what do you reckon? Do you prefer nasty Nicky or mushy Myleene?

Last night I completely forgot that the Everton/Liverpool FA Cup replay was on ITV1, so I switched on and was moderately happy that I was able to catch the dregs of extra time. Just as I was settling into it and watching Everton attack, boom… it went to an ad break. For no apparent reason. When it returned, Everton had obviously scored and ITV and presenter Steve Ryder were already cowering with embarrassment. Loads of people have complained. Over on five, Shane ‘Please hit me in the face’ Ritchie dusted down Minder. For no reason. Judging by most of the reviews I’ve seen this morning, it was rubbish. So what was the biggest TV screw up last night?

Related: ITV’s football coverage… why? *** When “reimagining” is just a euphemism for tired old tat

January has been a long old month. There has been the same number of days in it than a lot of other months before it, but my lordy didn’t it drag on? The best bit about January has been the quality of telly – there has been new, quality dramas (A Short Stay In Switzerland, Unforgiven, Anne Frank etc), new and returning US series (Generation Kill, 24, Lost et al) and a bunch of docs about fat peolple. Oh, and Dancing On Ice, which doesn’t qualify in any quality category as far as I’m concerned. So what has been your favourite? Tell us!

Another day, another ‘scandal’. This time it’s over a thoroughly innocuous comment during Jonathan Ross’s return to Radio 2 which has received three (count ‘em) complaints and a bizarre over-reaction from David Davies MP. I could rant all day about this, but I shall refrain, and instead go back to Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. He opened with a couple of jokes, gave a serious apology, and then got on with the programme proper. But what did you think – did he get the tone right? Too jokey? Too earnest? Pop over the cut and let us know…

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First of all, a very Happy New Year to you all from me, I hope it’s a healthy and very happy one. Yes, 2009 may have only just begun, but here at TV Scoop we’re already getting excited about the plethora of new programmes ready to burst onto our screens. Because that’s just the sort of people we are. Sitting here with one eye on the Doctor Who Prom, I’m clearly looking forward to the DW Specials (it takes more than a ho-hum Christmas episode to dampen my enthusiasm, believe me), but they’re a little way off just yet unfortunately. Pop over the cut, then, for a brief introduction to the shows we’ll be tuning into very soon, and the chance to tell us what you’re most looking forward to in early 2009…

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