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Actually I do quite like this

By | March 19, 2012

Love Will Set You Free, this year’s UK entry into Eurovision. If it was in foreign, I’d probably accuse it of being boring. However I think it’s quite poignant and, well, nice, although I think Humperdinck belting out “freeee!” is a bit jarring. Top 15.

Le mot même plus

By | March 19, 2012

If you’re in France tonight there’s a two hour Des Chiffres et Des Lettres 40th birthday special (it’s a bit late, the airdate for the first episode was 4th January 1972 according to the ever reliable Wikipedia). It’s on France 3 at 8:35 French time (that’s 7:35 in the UK). Your best bet is to… Read More »

CIVILLIONAIRE

By | March 18, 2012

Thanks to @ogbajoj for that, yes Civilian Millionaire is back in the Summer for good old forward thinking ITV1. Details here, good luck! Will they opt for the killer combo of thick people and really hard questions? Can’t wait to find out!

Schlag den Raab 17th March 2012

By | March 17, 2012

7:15pm UK (8:15 CET), Pro Sieben or (fingers crossed) internet streaming It’s the first Schlag den Raab of the 2012! After winning the previous battle in December 66-0, Stefan Raab has a million Euro to defend. Hopefully tonight’s batch of contestants will put up a bit more of a fight. I’m not going to be here for… Read More »

Bringing a new meaning to event television

By | March 15, 2012

Carol Vorderman’s doing a show called Revolution, threatening to be a “ground-breaking new gameshow” that “will bring a new meaning to event television!” This is for ITV1HD. Having whinged that I haven’t been to see anything for ages, the recording coincides precisely with the one evening in March (Sat 31st) I’m already travelling to London to… Read More »