A Rose By Any Other Name
‘DO we detect a new trend on TV, whereby channels remake their existing programmes but under different names?
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For instance, tonight on BBC2 there is a new series in which guests are invited on to moan about stuff that irritates them.
Room 101 must be back, you say. But no, this programme is called Grumpy Old Men and differs from Room 101 in one important respect all guests are men of a certain age, like John Peel, Rory McGrath and Arthur Smith.
And what about BBC1s Out-Take TV, a collection of all-too-predictable cock-ups from the TV archives? Didnt Terry Wogan used to present something called Aunties Bloomers, featuring a collection of all-too-predictable cock-ups from the TV archives?
This is one bandwagon were jumping on early as we sell the BBC this idea weve been mulling over for a while about an everyday story of some really miserable folk living in the East End of London ’
Posted: 10th, October 2003 | In: Celebrities Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
