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Review: Charlotte Church Show, Channel 4
1:27pm Friday 8th August 2008
BY its very nature, Charlotte Church’s chat show is rife with potentially cringeworthy moments, which bring about a total opposite viewing experience to watching the successful ones which make you feel you are in safe hands.
Comments (0)Review: Trinny and Susannah Undress The Nation, ITV1
11:14am Thursday 7th August 2008
DOES my bum look big in this? If you’ve gotta ask the question, then the answer’s usually yes.
Review: Tonightly, Channel 4
1:10pm Wednesday 6th August 2008
THE bosses at Channel 4 took an enormous risk with his stab at a British Daily Show when he chose Jason Manford to front it.
Review: Would I Lie to You?, BBC2
12:19pm Tuesday 5th August 2008
BBC2's Would I Lie to You? is fast becoming one of the best shows on the box.
Review: I Am The Elephant Man, Channel 4
10:10am Monday 4th August 2008
HIS story has parallels with Joseph Merrick, the Victorian 'Elephant Man'.
Review: Album - Man Like I - Natty
9:00am Monday 4th August 2008
IF country is an area much overlooked, the same could be said of reggae.
Review: Album - Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
9:00am Monday 4th August 2008
WITH all his success with film scores it’s easy to overlook Randy Newman the songwriter.
Review: Album - Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul
1:42pm Friday 8th August 2008
Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian singer songwriter who has been quietly going about his business for some time.
Review: First Cut: Saving Britney Spears, Channel 4
3:55pm Monday 4th August 2008
OH Britney, what would we do without you?
Review: Khyber Restaurant and Takeaway, Blackburn
2:50pm Saturday 2nd August 2008
AS many Blackburn folk will know, Khyber has a long tradition of being the place you get a taxi to at the end of the night when you want something more than a kebab.
Review: EastEnders, BBC1
11:44am Friday 1st August 2008
I thought that when it came to EastEnders weddings we had seen the lot, but I wanted to give this one the benefit of the doubt.
Review: Lost Land of the Jaguar, BBC1
2:33pm Thursday 31st July 2008
THERE are times when the Beeb just comes along and delivers the goods.
Review: Dogstock 2008@ Dog & Partridge, Bolton
2:31pm Thursday 31st July 2008
LANCASHIRE Americana, acoustic rock sing-a-longs and a nine-piece ska band crammed on to a cosy stage; not what was anticipated of Bolton’s Music Showcase last Saturday.
Review: F-word, Channel 4
9:36am Wednesday 30th July 2008
THE last show of the F-word, and Gordon Ramsay was cooking with a past-its-best fruit... oh, and he was roasting peaches with Graham Norton too (boo-boom tsh).
Review: Panorama, BBC1
3:38pm Tuesday 29th July 2008
Panorama’s look at the rising price of petrol couldn’t have arrived soon enough, if you ask me.
Review: Britannia Inn, Oswaldtwistle
2:46pm Monday 28th July 2008
MANY pubs in business terms are in the same position as the Britannia is in geographical terms — ie at a crossroads.
Review: The Proms, BBC2
11:54am Monday 28th July 2008
THE Proms are a great British tradition. The Royal Albert Hall, some of the world’s great orchestras — and a last night which is a glorious celebration.
Review: Northern Chamber Orchestra @ Blackburn College. Blackburn
11:08am Monday 28th July 2008
IF there's a better way to round off a glorious weekend than an open-air concert by the Northern Chamber Orchestra set to fireworks, then I don't know what it is.
Review: Album - Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
9:00am Monday 28th July 2008
THERE have been many imitators but there will only ever be one Alice Cooper and thankfully he’s back on form with that old chestnut, a concept album.
Review: Album - XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island
9:00am Monday 28th July 2008
FOR a band making their debut CD the XX Teens certainly have a swagger about them which comes over via this album.
Review: Echo & The Bunnymen @ King George's Hall, Blackburn
11:07am Monday 28th July 2008
A FREE show by a top band sounds like a great idea.
Review: We Iz British Innit @ King George's Hall, Blackburn
4:19pm Monday 28th July 2008
MULTICULTURAL mirth came to King George’s Hall last night as part of the Celebrate Blackburn festival.
Review: Celebrity Masterchef. BBC1
2:17pm Friday 25th July 2008
I HOPE you've all got your hankies at the ready for tonight’s final of Celebrity Masterchef.
Review: Afrika! Afrika! @ Trafford Centre, Manchester
1:56pm Friday 25th July 2008
I HAVE seen many shows over the years but I can honestly say that I have never seen a show like Afrika! Afrika!
Review: Burn It Up, BBC2
2:29pm Thursday 24th July 2008
I’M sure there is a place in the schedules for drama with a social conscience but I don’t think that 9pm on BBC2 is it if last night’s Burn Up is anything to go by.
Review: Red Lion, Rishton
1:59pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008
THE Red Lion has everything you would want from a traditional pub serving hearty food.
Review: Can't Read, Can't Write, Channel 4
1:37pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008
JUST when you think Channel 4 has turned into a load of old rubbish (usually just after Big Brother has finished) it comes up with something like Can't Read, Can't Write and all is instantly forgiven.
Review: British Open. BBC1
11:30am Monday 21st July 2008
IT’S funny that what amounts to little more than a bunch of blokes with poor dress sense wandering around a field hitting balls with sticks can be such compelling viewing.
Review: Single – Crystal Castles – Vanished
11:48am Tuesday 5th August 2008
CANADIAN electro-nihilist duo Crystal Castles need to choose their single releases more wisely.
Review: Single – The Go! Team – Milk Crisis
3:43pm Friday 8th August 2008
THE cheerleader-sampling, shambolic funk outfit are giving their latest single – and a lot more – away for free.
National News
Judge refused bid to bug McCanns
Updated 7:31pm Friday 8th August 2008
Portuguese police wanted to bug the parents of missing Madeleine McCann but a judge refused to give permission, their case files have revealed.
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