Happy International Rachel Stevens Day everybody! It turns out that she’s currently acting as Mel B’s assistant in the New Zealand version of The X Factor (Daily Mail link). Amazing, but she could totally be the new Dannii in the UK version. Here is your Rachel flag to print out and fly outside your office.
In other news, Only Connect starts on BBC4 tonight at 8:30pm with swish updated graphics and a double-elimination first stage. Also Channel 4’s shuffled afternoon line-up begins today next Monday (oops), 1001 Things… at 12:40, Four Rooms at 2:10, Countdown 3:10. Looks like a big upgrade for Countdown although I suspect that half hour won’t actually make a huge difference – 400-450k maybe? The interesting figure is the one that 1001 Things… gets, because we toyed with the idea of Countdown moving to lunchtime, so it will be interesting to see if it pulls any audience there.
Channel 4 Reshuffle begins next Monday, I believe, Brig.
Oh Christ, that’s embarassing.