TV & Radio Category
Television and radio programme reviews, trailers, highlights, twilights and cinema news. Also the neglected gems from years past.
‘Fu**ing Sh*t’: TV News Anchor AJ Clemente’s introduces himself to viewers and loses his job on the first day
AJ Clemente might be looking for work. Helpfully, his current employers afforded Clemente time to read out his CV to the good people watching his first outing as a weekend news anchor for KFYR. AJ Clemente is no longer in that job because he introduced himself to camera with the phrase “F*ckin sh*t!”
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Posted: 23rd, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Boston Marathon bombs: BBC interviews a man with a dildo sat on his fridge
WITH the Boson Marathon bombings dominating the news, the BBC spoke to one man. Could he shed any light on the horror? Or have we just learnt that you should never keep your dildo on top of the fridge. You never know who’s going to call:
Posted: 19th, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
BBC TV crew highlighting bad drivers races two sets of red lights
THE BBC Three show Barely Legal Drivers “does not glamorise reckless driving but highlights that young drivers in the UK” it says here. Former traffic officer Judith Roberts is on hand to say which of the bad drivers gets a new car or advanced driving lessons.
Maybe Judith should offer them to the camera crew which followed one driver, Bradley, through two sets of red lights. The ages of the crew’s driver is not given.
BBC Three – the story might have escaped you.
Posted: 17th, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Panorama – Millwall 1977: when The Den was a zoo and Tottenham Hotspur were ‘northerners’
IN 1977, Millwall FAC’s fans were the subject of a BBC Panorama documentary. Terrace hard nuts luke The Halfway Line, the Treatment and the F-Troop, were glamorised. You want to make the club from the Second Division club form south-east London famous, then stick the fans on the magic box and get a public school anthropologist to take the viewers on a journey int their heart of darkness. Nowadays you might laugh at the class-laden voiceover. You might well chortle when around the 6minute 23second mark the Millwall fan looks forward to the visit of North London club Tottenham Hotspur. He says he won’t “take it from no Northerner”.
Lead photo 1978: A Milwall supporter (3rd r), with blood pouring from an eye wound, is led away for treatment by a companion from the Den, New Cross, London, aFter football violence. Police and Millwall supporters fought a running battle during the Millwall v Ipswich Town FA cup 6th round game.
Millwall Fans Vs Police. Part of the football violence which flared today between police and the notorious Millwall supporters at their FA Cup 6th round tie against Ipswich Town at the Den, New Cross, London. Ipswich won the Game 6-1.
Fighting spectators befor the start of Chelsea’s League Division Two promotion battle against Millwall at Stamford Bridge.
Police in Action at Chelsea. A Policeman escorts a young fan nursing an injured head at Stamford Bridge, where rioting spectators spilled over the barriers before the start of Chelsea’s League Division Two promotion battle against London rivals Millwall.
Posted: 15th, April 2013 | In: Sports, TV & Radio | Comment
Britain’s Got Talent 2013 Episode 1: Gay Simon, Dec’s bed hair, Alice Fredenham and Jack Carroll
IT’S BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT 2013, and in spite of the cynicism and manipulation we will be watching. And in show one we will be looking out for:
Is Simon Cowell gay?
BGT judge Amanda Holden tells the Sun:
“I don’t think he’s gay and I’ve got a really good radar. I’ve known people were gay before they knew they were gay… Simon’s a spirogyra. He’s a single-celled sex atom. He might have a little dabble. I think he needs the company of women. He needs to have sex but he doesn’t need to get married, he doesn’t need company in that way. He just needs to have a dip in and out as it were. Dip in and out, keep the cab running and go home.
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Posted: 13th, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Cassetteboy Reviews Jeremy Kyle (Video)
JEREMY KYLE is TV’s nadir. But he’s a pretty good actor. Cassetteboy nails him. It is very NSFW:
Posted: 12th, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Drilling for water in Holland: an unintentional comedy film
DRILLING for water in Holland. It is good that anyone should film it. But it’s still funny. Canned laughted would ruin it. So too would music. It’s the clank of the pole as it hits one of the diviners in the spout that tickles the funny bone:
Posted: 12th, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Tiny Tim entertains the kids with a song about mass death and destruction
TINY TIM is entertaining the kids in the late 1960s. Tiny Tim‘s version of The Other Side captivates the girls before him.
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Posted: 12th, April 2013 | In: Celebrities, Flashback, TV & Radio | Comment
Gay farming with a £2 coin
HAVE you ever been gay farming in a public toilet? He had. Ray did it in London whilst looking for the moon:
Posted: 10th, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Rescue crew race to save sinking canoe (video)
WHEN a canoe sinks, the rescue crew hope into action. Don’t panic!
Posted: 10th, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Nominative determinism: BBC weather presenter Sara Blizzard
NOMINATIVE determinism of the day is Coventry-born is a weather presenter for East Midlands Today Sara Blizzard.
Posted: 8th, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Unflustered Parents: when a child goes missing there’s no need to worry
UNFLUSTERED Parent is a sketch by Chris Morris for Blue Jam. It was aired on BBC Radio 1. They wouldn’t broadcast it now. Not since the Jimmy Savile paedophile scandal hit Aunty. Ted is 6 years old. He’s gone missing. He likes Lego. “Did he come home from school today?” asks dad. “No, he didn’t?” says mum. “He was supposed to be home six hours ago,” says dad. “Do you think we should call someone?” says mum. “No… He probably decided to stay overnight at the school.” Maybe be’s been standing outside the school for a couple of weeks:
Posted: 3rd, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The Brazil men’s twerk team gear up for the Olympics
ALTERNATIVE Olympic Sports introduces the male twerk, as practised by the Brazil men’s team. We’re all for the Olympics hosting nation to introduce its local sports. Prince Edward, David Beckcham and Dale Winton. To the Team GB arena!
Spotter: Buzzfeed
Posted: 2nd, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
It’s Kevin: The Guardian’s reviewer (whose married to the TV show’s writer) says it’s brilliant!
THE Guardian’s TV reviewer Julia Raeside is taking a look at BBC2 TV show It’s Kevin, that’s “burst” one our screens. Does she like it?
Eldon’s show in particular looks like nothing else on British screens in over two decades: sketches are one-offs, not developed over the weeks. He does his links on a lonely sofa in front of a white cyclorama, dodging shop dummies that fall from the ceiling and wondering through different doors to join in sketches with incredible guest performers such as Julia Davis and Bill Bailey. It seems most of comedy royalty has lined up to take part, and you can see why.
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Posted: 1st, April 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The Iron Throne Lifesize Replica: yours for $30,000
ITEM of the day: the Game of Thrones ‘The Iron Throne Lifesize Replica’:
Heavy is the head that wears the crown. And royal is the rear that sits the Iron Throne. The notoriously intimidating seat from the immensely popular HBO fantasy series can now be yours to own. This exact fiberglass replica was handmade, hand painted, and based on a 3D scan of the actual set piece from the TV show. Every detail has been faithfully reproduced, but luckily this model is a little less sharp and stabby than the actual seat. But remember, when you play the game of thrones, you win or…well, you’ll find out.
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Posted: 31st, March 2013 | In: The Consumer, TV & Radio | Comment
Modern Britain: ‘You want see the state of our Wez!’
MORE on Anorak’s occasional look at the state of modern British life. In “24 seconds of Wigan” we get a slice of life in the Lancashire town:
Tourists should familiarise themselves with the exchange:
A: “If you carry on right, I swear to God, I’m phoning your f*cking dad!”
B: “You want see the state of our Wez!”
Spotter: Arbroath
Posted: 31st, March 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
BBC disapproves of Boris Johnson’s sex life but not Bill Wyman’s
A FUNNY thing happened at the BBC. When Boris Johnson was interviewed by Eddie Mair on the Andrew Marr show, the subject of the London mayor’s love life came up. Mair wondered if Johnson had lied about having an extra-marital affair.
All good stuff.
Only problem is that if adultery is an issue, will BBC question masters, such as Andrew Marr, have their private lives scrutinised? It could help us viewers establish what angle they are coming from. It might be a case of ‘why aren’t you having an affair’?
And then what about other guests, such as, say, Bill Wyman, who appeared on the trusty Beeb’s sofa. Bill “chatted about his new photography exhibition – including talking through his nature photos, his time with the Rolling Stones, and concert photography.” He did not alk about Mandy Smith.
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Posted: 28th, March 2013 | In: Politicians, TV & Radio | Comment (1)
Chopper Skyforce 10 news crew catch dogs in the act (LIVE!)
WE go LIVE! with NBC’s Philadelphia News’ “Chopper SkyForce 10″. High over Germantown, Pa., the news sleuths zoom in on a home being used, allegedly, for running a dogfighting ring. A rumour is good enough for the voyeurs of Chopper Skyforce 10 crew, who think nothing of peeking down on wrongdoers from high above. Doggers beware!
And viewers got a taste of just how good that camera was when it focused on two of the dogs. As WCAU reporter Christine Maddela attempted to report on her findings, the SkyForce 10 camera caught a dog getting intimate with his pal.
“You can see that one dog is, um, chained up, ” Maddela said before the camera quickly zoomed out and the copter moved to film the front yard instead.
Posted: 24th, March 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The Empire Skins Up: Star Wars fans catch the Dark Side smoking marijuana (video)
IN The Empire Skins Up, we get conclusive proof that the Star Wars bad guys are drug-smoking wasters, who most likely spend their afternoons gouched on the sofa in a airless room barking with laughter at paint and crisps that look like clouds. Just say ‘no’ kids:
Spotter: b3ta
Posted: 22nd, March 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
How to ruin a live TV show…
…or how to make live TV show monumentally funny:
Posted: 21st, March 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Destination Freedom: Richard Durham’s radio show educated with stories of ‘negro’ life
DESTINATION Freedom was a politically driven half-hour radio drama that gave a voice to African Americans. The blacks were portrayed on TV and radio as one dimensional dullards, slackers, idiots, criminals and simpletons with no history. This radio series would show America’s tens of millions of black people the blacks they recognised. Storytelling would do more than any number of lectures to show the real face of America’s underclass.
Destination Freedom began in 1948, and ran for two years. African American dramatist Richard Durham wrote all 91 episodes. His characters were rounded. They were “rebellious, biting, scornful, angry, and cocky, as the occasion calls for”.
Photo: The cast of Destination Freedom at a rehearsal, 1949.
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Posted: 21st, March 2013 | In: Flashback, TV & Radio | Comment
Donny & Marie sing Reelin’ In The Years
DONNY Osmond, 1970s Poster Boy for the lovelorn (literally), once teamed up with the lovely Marie to sing a version of steely Dan’s Reelin’ In The Years. On ice! Back then hey knew how to entertain the folks back home:
Posted: 20th, March 2013 | In: Flashback, TV & Radio | Comment (1)
Cow attacks film crew (who are begging for it)
WHEN cows attack, humanity asks for it”
Posted: 18th, March 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
