Brilliant game of tennis on the telly tonight as Andy Murray messed up the BBC schedules with a four hour, prime-time thriller under the new roof and lights of Wimbledon. Can’t believe we have to sit through three more games like that if we’re to finally have a British winner. Also, very happy that it’s not Torchwood this week… you don’t want to upset the Who-fans, ya know.
He was never going to be a person who died quietly in his old age. His eccentric, contraversial life was never out of the headlines and very often for all the wrong reasons. It has now been confirmed, after a couple of hours of internet fuelled speculation, that Michael Jackson has died. I can’t say I was a huge fan of his music despite there being some fantastic tunes sprinkled through his back catalogue, but I’m certainly feeling a little shocked at the news. I get the feeling that this “story” is going to go the way of Diana’s death, where all semblance of proportion will disappear. Expect much wailing, fields of flowers, a slew of sick jokes on the internet, and more column inches, online and on paper, than you ever thought possible. Rest in Peace, Wacko.
Do You Remember
When We Fell In Love
We Were Young
And Innocent Then
Do You Remember
How It All Began
It Just Seemed Like Heaven
So Why Did It End?
Up until now, throughout its first two years, Torchwood has met with a generaly positive response from the viewers, gaining enough momentum to make the move from BBC3 to BBC2 after a successfull first series and shortly to make another upgrade to BBC1. It seems to be especially successfull in the international markets like America and Australia who even seem to be a lot more upbeat about it than they are about the better known parent show. However, a vocal few from the fan communities
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Guess who’s back to ruin/make* your summer? (*delete as applicable)
Well, the sun came along, gave us all a few days of warmth and sunshine and then disappeared to shatter those early promises of a long hot summer. Not to worry though because, if there’s one thing Brits like to talk about as much as the weather, it’s Big Brother. Or Big Bloody Brother if you prefer. It’s always had a reputation as one of those love it or hate it “marmite” shows but this time around I get the sense that it’s missed its traditional polarising position in the schedules to become a little, so what?!
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[rant] Just watched an advert for the NHS’s latest “Stop Smoking” campaign. All very noble of course, but I it really wound me up. The gist of the 30-second ad (do we call them “infomercials” now?) was basically to answer the question, “What are the real reasons for you to give up smoking”? The answer to which was a sequence of 5 or 6 talking heads pieces from members of the public (or actors) talking to camera saying “I want to walk my daughter down the aisle”, “I want to see our grandchildren grow up”, “I want to see my son graduate”. i.e. the only reasons worth living for
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New Poll running on my blog… inevitably “Matt n Karen” related. Big Brother and the Twenty20 World Cup coming up later this week. Might dominate my Twitter feed somewhat. Apols in advance. Blog suggestions welcome.
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