TV & Radio Category
Television and radio programme reviews, trailers, highlights, twilights and cinema news. Also the neglected gems from years past.
Jonathan Antoine wins Britain’s Got Talent – God smiles
WHO is Britain Got Talent’s Jonathan Antoine, aka Jonathan Stavvy Antoine, of Jonathan and Charlotte? Will the Essex teenager (17) make it to Celebrity Big Brother? Will he be mated with Susan Boyle? Will he ditch Charlotte Jaconelli, 16, the fanciable sidekick who proves he is not socially inept and can befriend girls?
The Mail says Jonthan is “following in the footsteps of Susan Boyle”. To the fridge? No, to fame and fortune as the authentic face of manhood. It was Botox-studded Holden who told us of Boyle:
“The minute we turn her into a glamour puss is when it’s spoiled. I won’t let Simon Cowell take her to his dentist and I certainly won’t let her near his hairdresser.”
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Posted: 24th, March 2012 | In: Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comments (3)
Britain’s Got Talent 2012 Week one: Johnathan is that SuBo moment
IT’S Britain’s Got Talent 2012: Week 1: Which one will win? Which one will entertain? Which one will be in the Celebrity Big Brother House next year? And how will Carmen Electra be lynched by the mob? The Sun, told us that a judiciary without without Amanda Holden was awful:
“Their chants urging bosses to bring back new mum Amanda Holden grew so lairy..warmup man Ian Royce was forced to make an onstage appeal for calm.”
No one died. Bu one man lived. Here’s Jonathan! And Charlotte. But Jonathan needs to ditch Charlotte. Jonathan is 17. He’s ungainly, untelegenic and causes Simon Cowell to issue a pre-performance sneer on camera – like they did when Susan Boyle came on. But then – get this – he can sing. And so too can Charlotte. But Charlotte, 16, is fanciable and if Mr SuBo is going to make it is an unlikely unshaggable singer he needs to ditch the bird.
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Posted: 24th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Michael Flatley does it with chimpanzees – The Riverdance
RIVERDANCE – how are Michael Flatley and the girls getting along? Has their act evolved?
Posted: 23rd, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
“Mad Men” mania hits the States
“MAD MEN” mania is setting in in the States as the fifth season of the hit series kicks off this Sunday. As befits a television drama depicting the dawning of the ad industry, the advertising campaign for the show has caused a great stir.
In New York City, where the show is set, there have been complaints that one of the posters is insensitive to victims of the 9/11 attacks. The poster shows a drawing of a besuited man tumbling from the sky. Critics say it is uncomfortably reminiscent of the harrowing photograph known as “Falling Man”. Captured by Richard Drew, that photo showed a man falling head first out of the Twin Towers on 9/11.
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Posted: 22nd, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Dogs as characters from Downturn Abbey, a gallery
IT’S little known fact that Downton Abbey began as Dogturn Abbey, the everyday tale of dogs living between the wars. Dogster’s Laura Hooper-Beck happened upon the original series and can now reveal which human characters were based on which dogs. (Never trust a cat.)
Posted: 21st, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
This Morning milks This with premium rate phone comps as Carole Malone looks on
ON ITV’s This Morning “Consumer champion Carole Malone is back”. she will be “fighting rip-off merchants”.
She’ll be “warning you about the premium rate telephone number scam”. Those are the premium rate numbers you can call to claim your prize.
Later on This Morning, viewers can invest well over a £1 in answering puzzlers like:
Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Jessie are characters in which film series?
A. Star Wars
B. Harry Potter
C. Toy StoryRowan Atkinson played which of the following characters?
a) Mr Blobby
b) Mr Benn
c) Mr Bean
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Posted: 20th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comments (3)
Paraplegic woman bungee jumps from a bridge
HERE’S a video o a paraplegic woman bungee jumping off a bridge? It’s brilliant:
Posted: 20th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment (1)
Chimpanzee riding on a Segway (bam-b-b-bam-bam)
CHIMPANZEE Riding on a Segway – more Internet hits all the time on Anorak TeeVee…
Posted: 19th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
This is the noise a baby Walrus makes when it’s born
BABY Walrus Being Born Video of The Day:
Posted: 19th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Della the talking dog says ‘hello’
DELLA the Staffordshire Bull Terrier wants to say hello:
Posted: 16th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The nuclear boy scout
ONCE upon a time, boy scout developed an interest in nuclear technology. You might have enjoyed those Atomic Bomb Kits mum and dad gave you for Christmas. This boy scout went further:
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Posted: 15th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Leprechaun spotted in Alabama – with news video and amateur sketch
TO Mobile, Alabama, where just in the nick o’time for St. Patrick’s Day a Leprechaun has been spotted. The ‘Amateur Sketch’ featured in this news bulletin should not be confused with a professional sketch…
Posted: 14th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The Orient Express gets namechecked
WHAT’S the name of that train? The Orient Express, you say. Yes, the Orient Express:
Spotter: Robert Popper
Posted: 14th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The Voice v Britain’s Got Talent – who do we hate the most
ANOTHER year, another round of the usual “reality” offerings from both terrestrial giants. The BBC have plumped for The Voice and ITV are once again knocking out Britain’s Got Talent. The question seems to be: who will prevail in the ratings war that hangs inevitably around the corner? The other question might be: does anyone really care?
The big question for the producers is if their format shows can keep the audience’s interests after the freaks, weirdos and entertainingly talentless have been mocked and kicked off?
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Posted: 13th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
In photos – Television and Radio Industries Club awards 2012
TUESDAY. The Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, London, for the Television and Radio Industries Club awards. Past presidents of these prestigious awards (it says here) are: Charlie Dimmock, Ainsley Harriott and Spandau Ballet front man Tony Hadley. This year’s president is Eamonn Holmes. For such a starry luncheon, a stella cast: Kerry Katona, Mark Wright, Sam Faiers, Joey Essex, Nicola McLean, Sam Aston, Dane Bowers, Nancy Dell’Olio, Georgia May Foote, Amy Childs, Peter Andre, Andrea McLean, Janet Street-Porter, and Sherrie Hewson. Which one will be voted Weather Presenter of the Year? And why arene’t any of them working?
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Posted: 13th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Melati Suryodarmo performs the Butter Dance – a video
MELATI Suryodarmo will not perfoam the butter dance. Melati Suryodarmo was nborn in 1969 in Surakarta, Indonesia. She lives and works in Braunschweig, Germany. Butter dance is her signature piece.
20 blocks of butter in a square on the black dance carpet. Suryodarmo enters the space, dressed in a black tight dress and red high heels. She steps on the pieces of butter. She starts to dance to the sound of indonesian shamanistic drums. She dances and falls, hitting the floor hard, rising, and continuously being on the verge of standing, slipping and falling in the butter. After twenty minutes Suryodarmo rises one last time, covered in butter, and leaves the space.
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Posted: 11th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
BBC TV news reporter falls asleep at desk – video
IN this video the BBC news reporter Simon McCoy falls asleep at his desk. Replacing the autocue with the the new Twlight saga book was always dangerous…
McCoy tweets:
“I was not asleep! Had just been told The Queen wanted me to cover her NEXT visit…t was a long desk head-banging that wasn’t meant to be picked up in the BBC1 opt!!”
Posted: 9th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The reporter walks into a lamp-post
THE reporter walks into a lamp-post…
Posted: 9th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comments (2)
Coronation Street’s Deirdre Rachid is a chair
DEIRDRE Rachid, the Coronation Street femme fatale, is now a chair in Top Man:
Spotters: @mydadisloaded and @NickyColman
Posted: 9th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Playing the kitty cat organ – a video
HE’S entertained royalty. And now Henry Dagg will entertain you with his Kitty Cat organ. All cats were neutered immediately after filming…
Posted: 8th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment (1)
How to make your video go viral on YouTube – get it on the TV
HOW to make your video go viral on YouTube. The secret is…there isn’t one. It’s about celebrity endorsements and geting it on the telly. (One other thing – do all experts on the internet always have this chap’s accent? In the 1970s and 80s, all computer experts sounded like Hal from 2001 A Space Odyssey or Speak ‘n’ Spell. No they sounds like acto in The Dead Poet’s Society. Is YouTube a haven for creativity or just a big brad that get your stuff for free?
Posted: 8th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The Hippopotamus enters race for the White House – video
WHAT do you think of it so far, Mr Hittopopamous?
Posted: 6th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The solitary laugh – how to laugh in an empty room
THE Solitary Laugh – how to laugh in an empty room, or in a full room when feeling alone…
Posted: 6th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Every Top Of The Pops in one video
IT’S Top of The Pops!!!!!!
Spotters: Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris, Retronaut
Posted: 5th, March 2012 | In: Flashback, TV & Radio | Comment
Mother throws knives at child – 1950s video gold
IN this video, the mother throws knives at her young leotard-clad child. The crowd ooos and aahhhhs. Mum went on to work with axes and, in a nod to modernity, Kenwood electric carving knives. The child grew up and opened a chain of kebab shop in South London…
Posted: 5th, March 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment (1)
