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The Town that Never Retired – BBC1
An interesting and thought provoking insight into the challenges many of us are going to face in our later years. Nick Hewer and Margaret Munford, better known as the right hand man and woman of Alan...
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Channel 4…Dispatches. Getting Rich on the NHS
Has the NHS been privatised? No one told me!! You read a lot about NHS reforms but I personally haven’t equated reforms with widespread privatisation. If what I saw on this programme is reflective of...
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BBC…I don’t enjoy paying my TV Licence but sometimes…
…BBC shows a gem and we would be much the poorer without it. Two nights ago I stumbled upon a repeated edition of Storyville on BBC2. There are certain things the BBC does better than anyone else in...
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ITV’s Sports Life Stories…Fabrice Muamba’s miracle
I can’t really remember the last time I watched ITV4, it is possible I have never actually watched it. I can’t even think of a single programme normally broadcast on the channel, or at least I couldn’t...
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BBC2…How many people does it take to choose an Alarm Clock at Claridge’s?
BBC2 took us on a trip into one of the last bastions of British Gentility as it once would have been. The Claridge’s Hotel in London. To call Claridge’s well-appointed is to understate its poshness. It...
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BBC4….The World’s Richest Songs
One of the biggest gripes with the talents unearthed by shows such as the X-Factor, American Idol, Britain’s Got Talent etc is that the nature of these programmes start artistes on the wrong path....
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CH4…The Hotel. Is all publicity good publicity?
The documentary The Hotel intrigues me. The fly on the wall documentary centres around the trials and triumphs of the the three star Grosvenor Hotel in Torquay. The seaside hotel is run by the “star”...
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Her Majesty’s Prison: Aylesbury….A documentary too far?(ITV)
This was quite a revealing in-depth documentary about Prisoners in HMP Aylesbury. What really caught my attention was the case of a young lad Ryan Buckley. I didn’t catch what offence he had committed...
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The Secret of Pickpockets….Channel 4
Okay it is official I am not going to use a cash point in London any more!!!. Last night’s documentary on Channel 4 -The secret of Pickpockets – was shocking. Not so much the Eastern European gangs...
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America’s Poor Kids…BBC2
Often when you think of poor children you often think of the grinding poverty you see in the third world or of images from the great depression. Poverty so visual it is difficult to be anything but...
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Murder Workers …Channel 4
The only thing in common with all these stories on this thoughtful documentary was that they had lost a loved one in a murder. The hurt, the questions, the grief and the emptiness are all unique to...
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The Call Centre…It can’t be real, can it ?
If you are watching this “fly on the wall” documentary on BBC what’s the first phrase that comes to mind. For me it was employment tribunal! I am not sure what the collective noun for employment...
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Channel 4 …Terror in the Skies
It is safe to say if you are of a nervous disposition, have even the mildest fear of flying or just general more comfortable with your two feet on the ground this new series on Channel 4 is DEFINITELY...
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The Call Centre…Look like it is real, after all
Last week I wondered if BBC3′s The Call Centre was real or some sort of parody. Well it turns out it is real. The main star of the show is Neville ‘Nev’ Wilshire, is the CEO of the Save Britain Money...
View ArticleBBC4…Storyville..Hotel Folly (Folie à Deux)
Helen is a middle aged single mum with seven children, a successful business, a comfortable lifestyle and crucially a new relationship. The new man in her life was John, also middle aged, and a...
View ArticleBBC3…Chaos and Craic at the Nev’s Call Centre.
The workplace that looks so improbable that you know it can’t be fiction is back. Nev Wilshire and his boys and girls of the Swansea call centre were back tonight for a one-off Christmas edition. The...
View ArticleITV…Utopia. Mandela may be dead but Apartheid is still alive…In Australia.
Nieghbours, Bondi beach, Sydney Opera House, the lucky country,an easy going straight talking people. This is the image most of the world has of Australia. Behind this sunny facade lies a very dark...
View ArticleChannel 4…Benefits Street. Was the law being broken?
Benefits Street… Benefit Voyeurism gone wrong. When I watch programmes like Benefit Street I feel it is has a clear demographic in mind. The demographic is one of people who are convinced that being on...
View ArticleChannel 4…Benefits Street. Are kids fair game?
Is Benefits Street using Child Poverty for entertainment? Benefits Street has been one of the most talked about programmes on TV this year. Largely in part because of its relentless focus on the some...
View ArticleBBC3…Tough Young Teachers
The teachers were definitely young but tough? I am not so sure. Every documentary I have ever watched about teaching simply reaffirms my belief that one of the wisest things I could have done was to...
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