One of the people I follow on Twitter and enjoy reading is Katie Hopkins. Now, the alt-left with all their love of labels, constantly scream
Category: TV
Who will win the Blood Drive?
The best show ever is coming to the SyFy channel. You must watch it. Really, you must. Even though for British audiences some scenes have
Scrap the BBC licence fee
Here’s the thing. A long time ago – indeed starting well before I was born, probably – Sunday afternoon/evenings were where the Top 40 Chart (initially
Muslim only ghettos being built by London Mayor
I don’t understand why this ghettoising is encouraged. How can it be good for our country, let alone our capital city? The ‘North London MUSLIM
Biased Broadcasters
You ever wonder why there’s such confusion and relentless wailing from parts of the population that can’t seem to grasp that the UK is leaving
Radio presenters suffering from Trump Tourettes
Will Nick Abbot ever learn how to control his Trump Tourettes? Trump Tourettes is not an infliction exclusive to Nick Abbot. James O’Brien has it
How the media controls your mind
We all know that the vast majority of English speaking Western media is under the control of the liberal elite. And we all know that
Why no newspapers reviewing TV news?
TV stations. Radio stations. They spend ages with talking head ‘guests’ coming in to ‘review’ the day’s newspapers. The ‘newspaper review’ seems to be important.
Looking Back -v- Looking Forward
Watching any episode of BBC Question Time, or tuning in for any political interview, the one thing that’s noticeable is the balance of ‘Looking Back’
When love and peace really means hate and conflict
There’s a strange correlation between love and hate. And there are some danger signs to watch out for. In its peak, the flower power era
Comedians and their hate speech
It is now the rule that we must hate our leaders. Why is this? There’s a pattern, too. The more terms that a Prime Minister
Made in Liverpool
So, once upon a time in Liverpool, there was a local TV station. It had the non-Scouse name of ‘Bay TV’. Apart from low budget
We are ready for and need a war
I think it might be time for a war. Maybe a revolution. Time for unrest and riots leading to death and destruction. But, mainly a
Top Gear, R.I.P ?
I’m not a great fan of automobiles. So, when I watched Top Gear it was because I really enjoyed the three guys messing about, and
Too many foreigners with opinions on our media!
So, we just had announced the latest RAJAR figures. RAJAR is the body that gives little paper diaries to random people that are demographically all
May the Fourth Be With You
It has to be said on this day, sorry. It’s the law. I’m not really a Star Wars anorak, despite my lovely partner in life
Liverpool gets all CGIed
Liverpool has ancient looking streets and houses. And it’s cheap when it comes to being used by film companies wishing to make period dramas. So,
TFI Millionaire wank-fest
I’m late to the party, but I’ve just watched the first episode of the ‘return’ of the once iconic music and chat show ‘TFI Friday’.
ISIS on TV
Erm, apparently ISIS produce TV sets. And I bet they wish they had a different name now.
The avoiding the commercials skill
I don’t watch much telly. I never watch any of the soaps, evah. Likewise I don’t watch the pretend quizzes and talent shows, especially the
This is not politically correct
OMG! Like, yeah, have you seen what the agitators and haters did with the BBC’s Top Gear and their use of the ‘P‘ word? Yeah,
My pale skin
Some awful people are nothing more than cruel. This video is just so brilliantly made:
The Sunday Chart Show pensioned off
The BBC Radio 1 ‘Top 40 Chart Show’ in some form or the other has existed since 1955. That’ll be 60 years. Yes, ok, it’s not
Where was this lobster aiming to go?
Anybody old or rude enough to know who ‘Derek and Clive‘ were, will know about lobsters. Don’t know ‘Derek and Clive‘? Well, sadly both are
Persona Synthetics
There’s an exciting development in robotics and artificial intelligence. These ‘synths’ are our friends, More importantly, they are useful machines around the home. Go and
WTF Friday?
Over the years I have done things. Things with other people. Things that to us seemed really good at the time. And, of course, I’m
Thunderbirds are definitely go
No no no no no no no. This is just not F-A-B. This is NOT Lady Penelope. What is wrong with you people? In all
Stephen Fry takes god to task
Gay Byrne is an 80 year old Catholic who used to present a late night show broadcast across Ireland. He is a very god-fearing gentleman!
What are they doing to our porn?
Sex is fun, and what happens during it should always be defined by the two or more (or maybe just one) consenting adults involved. Trusting
The Islamophobia News Algorithm
Trying to decide what is ‘news’ and how important it is as news requires the application of a news algorithm. This is an essential way
Youth broadcasting under attack again
What’s on BBC4 TV you might ask. Pretty much what’s on BBC2. There’s not a big difference really, with the selection maybe being a tad
Look at the black slave, listen to the singing about gays
Oh blimey. This is just so wrong on so many different levels. Can you believe this was actually broadcast on British television back in the
Prayer in C
In recent times I’ve become slightly obsessed with Lilly Wood and the Prick. Well, to be more truthful, the single song “Prayer in C”, which,
Cold calling for TalkTalk
So, my elderly neighbour is on TalkTalk for her phone, broadband and TV. She pays for all of this despite rarely using the broadband. The
Look, the moon is not an egg, ok?
The new Doctor Who is great. I was in love with the Matt Smith Doctor Who. He came along just as the David Tennant Doctor
Is Cliff Richard innocent?
Cliff Richard. I guess he’s been there all my life. At first his songs were good pop songs, from before my era, then in my
People from the telly keep dying
In recent times, people that once meant something to me have started dying. I’m not speaking of family or friends, but of people from films,
No sex on TV?
What is wrong with these people who scream and shout about sex on TV or in the cinema? (I mean, in the film you are
Why do people put it up so high?
Once upon a time we were happy to have them with their own legs. Then we had them on handy cabinets. But now we are
This week, go Balearic
Episode 1 of Music Nation on Channel 4 was an interesting watch. Didn’t catch it? Well, it covered the start of the UK Garage music
But, This IS Liverpool
So, for some strange reason, the holier than thou brigade of Liverpool (most of whom don’t actually come from or live in Liverpool) are dissing
#SaveBBC3
I probably watch most new comedy via BBC3. And of course I watch Family Guy and American Dad via BBC3. A lot of people watch
Stop hyping old shite back into the charts, Three!
Three, please stop it. Okay, I loved the dancing pony last year. Four year old Socks was lovely as he moon-walked around Shetland. A real
This is Liverpool #TIL
There once was a sad ‘Towie‘ (The Only Way Is Essex) lookie-likeeeee ‘reality’ TV show called Desperate Scousewives. It bombed. Despite good photography of the
TV and radio in Liverpool
So, it’s 10 o’clock at night and you have arrived in Liverpool. How can you use TV and radio to get an idea or two
Harry Potter IS Doctor Who
Can anybody tell me why I just sat down and watched all, yes, all the Harry Potter films in one go? Correct, it’s a mental
Wholock: the camera never lies
If you are a Doctor Who and a Sherlock fan, then you’ll enjoy this. Even if you aren’t, don’t vomit or panic, but humour me.
Russell’s Brand of politics and revolution of the broken mind
Watching millionaire socialist ex-junkie Russell Brand being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman, and then the left-wing biased social media praising him as a Messiah (that’s a
BBC closes TV station down for Mandela’s death
How strange and peculiar was the BBC‘s reaction to the death of Nelson Mandela? You couldn’t make it up. How is any of this in
We need to stop our obsession with North America
The British TV and radio news, the British press and the British entertainment industry is dominated by North American products. Quite often the lead headline
Television, the drug of the nation
In many respects and to many people, I am a weirdo. I don’t conform to their norms, I’m different to them, and so this confuses
Are TV News presenters and reporters mad?
Someone somewhere (probably in America) started a really really stupid trend. Now they are all copying it. Have you noticed it? It is very very
Why Madeleine McCann … again?
Sigh. The lead story on BBC news all day, and for most of the weekend was all about the startling new non-evidence and thinking, alongside
Bollywood soaps are so bloomin’ addictive
You know what it’s like when you’ve got 500 TV channels but nothing to watch? Well, being too busy, I rarely watch TV. Seriously. I
Andrew Neil is an excellent fact checker
The climate change ‘debate’ is sadly no longer a ‘debate’. There is climate science, spewing out a regular stream of valid theories via peer reviewed
Why are there news programmes on BBC1?
I don’t understand why there is a news sequence on BBC1 television. They have a news sequence starting at 1pm then 6pm and another one
The broadcasting pioneers didn’t have Media Degrees
People end up being where they are more by accident than design. A lot of the people who are the living success stories around us
Doctor Who through the ages
Sigh. As we wait for the 50th Anniversary edition of Doctor Who, here’s a brilliant piece of artwork that all Doctor Who fans can drool
Only morons watched the Eurovision Song Contest
My life doesn’t include the Eurovision Song Contest. It hasn’t done for about 20 to 25 years. I have no interest in it whatsoever, it
Sir Patrick Moore
Sadly, as one gets older, people who have been there forever die. Nothing prepares one for this. It just starts happening. Then it speeds up becoming more
YouView? Not in my view
Ok. just what is this YouView box all about? To start from the beginning it is a Freeview TV receiver. It can pause, rewind and
Word up on the Word Salad
There is an excellent episode of the superbly funny mid-2000s series Boston Legal during which one of the lead characters, a high profile lawyer, suddenly
How broken is the BBC?
The BBC is a strange institution. It should be brilliant. The concept is a good one. But the BBC is broken. In the words of
Is The X Factor losing its?
You can tell it’s Autumn. The X Factor is on TV. Simon Cowell takes control of Saturday nights from now until 2013, it’s the law.
Most fans of ‘celebs’ are maaaad
I was talking to somebody very famous the other day. There are very few modern day ‘celebs’ from the weird world of the soap operas
Time to switch off wasteful TV ‘broadcasting’
There seems to be a bit of wailing and banging of heads out there within the radio and techie anorak fraternity about the idea put
The curse of interfering ‘ex-pat’ mentality
Despite having spent most of my grown-up life in London, and most of my childhood in a mixture of Ghana, South Wales, and in and
The broadcasting pioneers didn’t have Media Degrees
People end up being where they are more by accident than design. A lot of the people who are the living success stories around us
Why are there news programmes on BBC1?
I don’t understand why there is a news sequence on BBC1 television. They have a news sequence starting at 1pm then 6pm and another one
It’s just a little Touch
Having now seen all of Series (Season) One of ‘Touch‘ (via Sky One in the UK), I think I’m hooked. Yet, damnit, I’m hooked at
Blue Peter flutters off BBC1
So, the BBC announced that children’s TV programmes would be shuffled off their flagship channel BBC1 but would continue on CBBC, the BBC’s very popular
Vocal about The Voice
The Voice on BBC1 has to be good. I mean, the meeja god Simon Cowell has ordered that ITV re-schedule his ITV1 Britain’s Got Talent
London’s telly-watchers will all explode today
Well, today’s the day when Londoners bleat and moan and slash their wrists. For today’s the day that analogue TV gets switched off forever. Here
Just as you thought nothing ever happens
This is a fantastic. I’ve always been a fan of flash-mobbing and the work of the Improv Everywhere group, so this, well, just takes it
Get the global warming religion bias out of TV news
At the moment, I seem to be very angry with the eco-loonies behind the global warming religion. My reasoning is that it is because of
More outrageous biased BBC news reporting
It is alarming how the BBC still continues to be used as a major propaganda machine on a range of different topics, such as Climate
The World’s Strictest Parents
A BBC Three series called “The World’s Strictest Parents” has been taking up my time over recent days. I’ve had to watch all of it.
Fearne’s phone fears
An interesting side comment by Fearne Cotton on her radio show led to a barrage of texts and emails agreeing with her. She revealed in
Crosby has never been part of Liverpool
Yes, I have complained before about outsiders pretending they are ‘Scousers’ or pretending have something to do with Liverpool (here). But, I’m about to complain
Charlie Brooker is annoying
Charlie Brooker starts off as slightly annoying, but can get as far as very annoying. Brooker looking annoyed Charlie Brooker is not just annoying because
Climategate 2.0: The BBC bias exposed
It is traditional during times of conflict, that the state media be used to propagate a hatred of the enemy. It is important that those
Jeremy Clarkson, the last TV hero
TV presenter, writer and personality, Jeremy Clarkson is probably the last living right-of-centre broadcaster allowed on British TV. He probably only survives because the Top
Lady goes Gaga over Kitty
I like Lady Gaga a lot. She is probably my favourite female artist of all time. She ticks all the right boxes of daring to
X Factor is real, honest
I love a few things about the X Factor. Convenient the cameras were there to record the tears, eh? Firstly, I love the way that
Television, the drug of the nation, part 2
My article ‘Television, the drug of the nation, part 1’ (here) was inspired by reading a blog entry made by Steve Conway. I’ve spoken before
Television, the drug of the nation, part 1
In many respects and to many people, I am a weirdo. I don’t conform to their norms, I’m different to them, and so this confuses
Goldman Sachs rule the world not Governments
Ok. Wow! Now then, this is a fascinating piece of broadcasting history. It’s a financial trader telling the stark and gloomy truth. If you’ve not
Does the X Factor encourage racism?
Talent shows on television. Do they encourage racism? Let’s look at the X Factor ‘talent’ show, but we could equally be looking at any or
Big Brother is the new crack cocaine
So, here we are in a Britain with kids wandering aimlessly around in packs. These bored, restless and feral latchkey kids are going out and
Sangat TV is our true community and togetherness
I’m not a Sikh. Obviously. But, if I was to follow a religion that appears to actually be about peace, then I could do no better
Will the BBC leave the loony employees behind?
I’m not anti-BBC. I believe it should be there. I am a consumer of a lot of its output, and I reject the idea that
Shut the fuck up in cinemas
I have long been of the opinion that something needs to be done about, or should I say ‘to’, those who have random chattering conversations
Demented Director for Britain’s Got Talent?
Unless I’m held prisoner upsidedown in a glass box, or it’s for professional reasons, I do not consume any of Simon Cowell’s programming. However, I
Derren Brown let me down
Warning: Never ever look this man in the eyes! I have to state that an air of disappointment hangs over me following a viewing of
BBC2 Programme for Stoners
Ok, so I keep funny hours. I don’t do the drink and drugs thing, it’s just that my lifestyle means my hours are different to
Word up on the Word Salad
There is an excellent episode of the superbly funny mid-2000s series Boston Legal during which one of the lead characters, a high profile lawyer, suddenly
Time to cull the old people at Radio 1
It’s Flashback Friday. Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to re-read it and see if it
Chris Evans and his TV set
It’s Flashback Friday. Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to re-read it and see if it
Peter Sissons whistle-blows on BBC bias
I don’t recall Peter Sissons retiring. I remember him as an ITN News Anchor and I remember him as the BBC’s Flagship Nine O’Clock News
Dragnet to the past
You know how you get bored and so start flicking. I don’t mean flicking bogies. Flicking around the TV channels. I had a flicking session
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