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Last Night's TV: The Cup, BBC2 Comedy Lab: Kids School of Comedy, Channel 4 (The Independent)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

The Cup is a new sitcom, filmed in the style of a documentary, about an under-11 football team, in which, wait, don't tell me, let me guess: is it about insanely ambitious parents trying to compensate for all the disappointments they've faced by living out their dreams through the children? Do the dads get overexcited and stand on the touchline screaming abuse at the referee, the coach, the children...

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Television critic's choice - SuperDoctors (BBC1) (The Telegraph)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:28:56 GMT

SuperDoctors (BBC1)The first episode of an interesting three-part series about new medical frontiers, presented by Professor Lord (Robert) Winston. There’s all the usual talk about “life and death decisions” made on the “cutting edge” at a moment’s notice, but the true aim is to look at the reality of scientific progress.

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Penry-Jones to star in new BBC drama The 39 Steps (The Stage)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:26:27 GMT

Rupert Penry-Jones is to star in a new TV version of John Buchan's The 39 Steps on BBC1 this Christmas.

Source : The Stage (subscribe)

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New obstacle show for BBC One (BBC News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:46:34 GMT

The BBC has commissioned a new game show based on the US hit Wipeout.

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BBC charity funded Islamist terrorists: report (rediff News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:37:30 GMT

The disclosure was made by the BBC Two programme Newsnight, which was told by a former employee of the school that it received thousands of pounds from City Council and other sources.

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Tonight on BBC2: The Cup (The Electric Goose)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:28:00 GMT

"The move was essential," says gynaecologist Dr Kaskar, explaining why he had to relocate to the North-West. "There are more vaginas in Bolton." Read more...

Source : The Electric Goose (subscribe)

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Frozen North (Will and Testament)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:07:51 GMT

The BBC are re-screening Frozen North tonight at 11 p.m. on BBC1 Northern Ireland. This documentary explores the likely impact of climate change on Northern Ireland and investigates, in particular, what might happen if the Gulf Stream 'switched off'. This was the first TV documentary I ever presented, and was produced by Natalie Maynes, who later created and produced the very successful Blueprint...

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Set The Video - The Hairy Bakers, BBC Two, Monday, 25 August, 8.30pm (TV Scoop)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:25:00 GMT

Honestly. If you read the Radio Times, stop it now. Throw it away and stop giving money to joyless cynics. Fact is, they're saying that the next episode of The Hairy Bakers (BBC Two, Monday, 25 August, 8.30pm) is all kinds of rubbish...

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QI Quandary (The Stage | TV Today)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:42:04 GMT

So QI, the quirky panel game hosted by Stephen Fry, is set to move from BBC2 to BBC1 is it? Can I ask who thought this was a good idea, because frankly, it isn’t, far from it. Why does the BBC’s premier channel insist on...

Source : The Stage | TV Today (subscribe)

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Wipeout comes to BBC One (TV Scoop)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:45:13 GMT

We heard about the whole Human Tetris thing coming to BBC One soon , and now the channel has announced another physical gameshow (probably for Saturday teamtime). Wipeout is already hugely popular in loads of other countries, and now it's here. It pits contestants from all walks of life, who compete for a big cash prize in a series of 'gruelling' abd 'hilarious' rounds across extreme obstacle courses....

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Salmagundi #8 (The Victorian Peeper)

noreply@blogger.com (Kristan Tetens) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:17:00 GMT

Victorian art: Jeremy Paxman is to present a new television series about his “first love”: Victorian art and culture. The four-part series will air on BBC1 next year. “All human life is there in Victorian paintings," Paxman says, "from the huddled poor in the workhouse to the queen at her court to the seamstress in her garret and the soldier reading letters from home. They show the Victorian world...

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Set The Video: Outnumbered (Series 1), BBC Four, Saturday 23 August, 9.30pm (TV Scoop)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:45:08 GMT

Set The Video: Outnumbered (Series 1), BBC Four, Saturday 23 August, 9.30pmThere's no doubt that here at TVScoop. It's not often that a quiet, unassuming programme can have a massive impact, be genuinely innovative, moving, honest and real to life while *still* remembering to make the audience laugh. It's quite amazing really. There'll be a lot of people who haven't seen it, though, and so when the...

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TV Review - House of Saddam, BBC Two, Wednesday, 20 August, 9pm (TV Scoop)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:28:00 GMT

So House of Saddam has finally drawn to a close. Episodes 1-3 had been sensational triumphs of the small screen...

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The Bikers Are Back (Paper Palate)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:21:50 GMT

The Hairy Bikers aka Dave Myers and Simon King who had roared their way to success in previous BBC series are back on the 18th of August on BBC2. I must say that I am not a great fan, worse I am not sure why I am not, maybe it is their style, surely it can’t be their beards. I love [...]

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Who do you think you are warming to Boris Johnson ? (Norfolk Blogger)

noreply@blogger.com (Norfolk Blogger) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT

I was somewhat reluctant to sit down and watch Who do you think you are on BBC1 last night when I realised it was Borat Johnson that was the subject of the programme. It's not just Boris/ Borat and his fluffed up, dragged through a hedge backwards look that I find annoying, its his politics. However, I put all my bile to one side and watched the show, and I was really jolly glad I did. Boris has, as...

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The return of Ready, Steady, Cook. Volunteers wanted. (TV Scoop)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:05:02 GMT

Spooky. I only mentioned last Monday how the cookery bake-offs were decreasing in number, and here comes news of the return of one of them. Incredibly, this will be the 20th series of Ready, Steady, Cook when it returns to BBC Two daytime TV as part of their autumn schedule. The format remains unchanged in that contestants will have only 20 minutes to cook up a storm and impress Ainsley Harriott,...

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Cutting-edge TV (Medical Humanities)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:48:00 GMT

The BBC is showing an admirable commitment to medical history. Last year, there was a 30-part series, The Making of Modern Medicine , on Radio 4, doing for medicine what This Sceptred Isle did for the history of Britain. Last night, a new series started on BBC4: ‘ Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery’ . First up was a look at brain surgery. The programme, presented by the engaging Michael Mosley, didn’t...

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Prescott On Self-Delusion (The Appalling Strangeness)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:13:00 GMT

Via Mr Eugenides , I see that John Prescott is making a TV programme . The BBC2 programme, with the working title Prescott On Class, will be a "thought-provoking and very personal exploration of the current state of the British class system" in which the former ship's steward "grapples with political apathy, middle-class syntax snobbery and the wealth gap in modern Britain". Well that should be a hoot,...

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SUPERDOCTORS (Daily Star)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:11:48 GMT

THERE'S medical stuff over on BBC1 in the same time slot, this time of the'documentary kind, with the highly respected Professor Robert "Funny Face" Winston launching his new series SUPERDOCTORS.

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Choir's farewell to TV show and hello to a busy future (This is Bath)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT

The City of Bath Male Choir has been inundated with requests to sing all over the country following their appearances on prime-time TV. The choir has impressed audiences throughout the UK after reaching the final stages of BBC 1's Last Choir ...

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