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Falling through from secback 722 days old

My buyer has pulled out. My house is no longer sold, and the Sold sign has been replaced by a For Sale sign again. The excited tension has been replaced ...

The Tudors from secback 762 days old

If there's one thing we can rely on the BBC for, it's their simple childish faith in bodice rippers. They've already done all the Regency ...

Sunday sport from secback 781 days old

[ ... ] TV equivalent of the soup kitchen you shut up and eat the gift horse before the Greeks all jump out of it. Or whatever. Just fill in the blanks, ...

Saying fuck on the telly from secback 794 days old

Thanks for this go to Nick Hornby, writing in the Guardian here. Who was the first person to use the word fuck on British TV? Many of you will know ...

The nadir of the tone from secback 810 days old

From the Guardian TV Guide: Dumped  New series.Challenge show in which a group of volunteers are stranded on one of Britain's biggest landfill sites, ...

Auntiefuckers from secback 843 days old

Ben Goldacre, fearless exposer of the scientifically illiterate, had a meeting with some of the people the BBC employ to keep an eye on their loose cannons ...

BBC downloads from secback 878 days old

From July 27, the BBC are going to be making their top shows free to download, a week after broadcast. We'll be able to view them but not save them, ...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Tardis from secback 895 days old

Turns out the Doctor's latest enemies have escaped into the Internet, and are hiding here, here, and maybe even here. Don't blink, and don't turn away. ...

Atrocities in the shires from secback 902 days old

I like cops on TV, but you have to wonder at the body count. Famously, Miami Vice had more dead bodies in it than there were murders in the whole of ...

The FA Cup Final from secback 916 days old

In my last post, I drew flak about my rude language from nearly my entire readership, so I'm going to see if I can complete this one without swearing ...