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| Overboard |
Again.
So having had months of the ever expanding Alan Turner bemoaning Shelly’s fate and blaming Steph for her demise it seems that we’ve got to relive the entire dreary storyline once more.
As Emmerdale writers never seem to let credibility get in the way of a plot I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Shelly wondered back into the Woolpack in a couple of months time, covered in seaweed.
The scene on the ferry was hardly filled with dramatic tension either, Steph being such a pantomime villain that you can hear the nation collectively hiss whenever she appears on screen. At least she hasn’t got a moustache to twirl.
Eric Pollard sadly has.
It says much about our nation that this tosh trounces EastEnders in the ratings whenever the two go head to head.
Sad Moon Rising
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| Blue Moon |
I’m disappointed the new Moon brothers have been axed before they’ve had a chance to settle in. They put me in mind of the Mitchells when they first burst onto our screens and certainly the character of hothead Danny had bags of potential while there is an air of mystery surrounded Jake which could have been exploited.
If they want a clear out, get rid of sourpuss Pauline Fowler who is about as much fun as toothache.
The Ferreira clan are about to depart and ironically their exit storylines are more interesting than anything else they’ve had to do since they arrived.
Over on Coronation Street Angela Harris is still struggling with the conundrum that her daughter has murdered her husband and still struggling to pronounce her “t???s.
If we didn’t already know that Katy had caved Tommy’s head in, I’d suspect that copper who used to be a paramedic in Casualty.
She’s creepy.
All Hail to the Ale
If you ever get the chance to see The Pub Landlord live, take it. The way he works an audience is superb and he’s better in the flesh than he comes across on screen.
Having said that An Audience with Al Murray was as funny an hour as you’re likely to see on the main channels this year.
Neil Fox, Dean Gaffney and Abi Titmuss were brave or stupid enough to sit near the front and took a barrage of ribbing from the comedy god.
It’s so good to see him doing what he’s good at the box, rather than appearing on yet another celeb reality show.
I look forward to his new quiz show Fact Hunt with interest.
Smarter than the average bear
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| Not Jellystone |
Jellystone Park?
That’s where Yogi Bear lives. Some of you are watching far too much Boomerang.
Blurring the line between drama and documentary can be a risky business and this worst-case scenario effort really didn’t work for me. For it to work as a disaster movie, Supervolcano would have need to make us care about the characters.
It didn’t.
A straight documentary won’t have attracted in the viewers but I like the style of recent effort The Man Who Broke Britain a drama made with the feel of a factual piece. This would have been the way to go for me.
Celebration?
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| Celebrity Whovian |
This “tribute??? consisted of a documentary from two years ago, thereby making no mention of the new show, a puff piece from the annoying Jon Culshaw and a “special??? edition of Mastermind.
The only high was when the female (yes, female) contender took John Humphries to task for using as she put it “the A word???.
Sorry love but only an anorak would have got upset over that.
Count your blessings
So the wedding of Prince Charles won’t be screened on the telly. Hardly surprising as the room where he’ll do the deed is so small that you probably wouldn’t get a camera crew in there.
They’d have to send Dimbleby (either one) in with a Handycam to do the job.
However, for those who love this sort of thing the blessing will be screened live after all.
I’d love Sky Sports to cover it interactively. It would be great.
Imagine having the option to tune to the Queen’s face via Player Cam as the happy couple made their vows.
That would be worth seeing.
