Christmas Ain’t Coming Any More
You really don’t need me to tell you what to be watching on Christmas Day, do you? Doctor Who, Gavin and Stacey and find yourself a good DVD or two. Job done.
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, I’d just like to take the opportunity to wish each and every one of you, all the very best for the season. Your support is much appreciated.
“Barrowmaaaaan!!”
So, as promised, a look forward to Day One of the Christmas telly schedule as defined by the glorious bumper edition of the Radio Times. Saturday 19th has bugger all on offer in the great scheme of things. It sees the final of this year’s “Strictly” and RT proudly lumps that in as its Pick Of The Day, not for me though ‘cos I have not seen a single second of it this year (nor any other) so that won’t be part of mine nor the Other Viewer’s watch list. The other choice cuts from the RT recommendations include a Take That concert, a CSI marathon, “Love Actually” if a rom-com is what you’re after, and finally “Merlin” whose second series comes to a close. This will be the 7th or 8th
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World Cup Fever
It all starts here. Novelty records, metatarsils, unbounded optimism, wall-charts and booking your holidays. Yes, it’s the World Cup Draw. England, third out of the proverbial hat as the seeds for Group C have been drawn against Algeria, USA and Slovenia. First up is a match against our friends across the pond, the US of A on Saturday 12th June and I’m already planning the party. The draw itself was its usual fun with a remarkably watchable Charlize Theron and some French chap hosting the ceremony and a handful of sporting icons pulling plastic balls from glass jars. Amazing to think 150m people were watching, worldwide. Of course, there’s always room for comedians as the above Wikipedia screenshot proves. Now the only question left is which episode of Doctor Who series 5 will act as the warm-up entertainment before the match?
We interrupt this quiet Friday in the office with “Breaking news”.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8073734.stm
At 1pm this afternoon, BBC news announced that Karen Gillan will be the new Doctor Who companion. Who fans on DWF and Twitter let out an initial. … “Who’s that?” However, in Moffat we trust. Welcome to the big time, Karen!!
Christmas 2008 has been consigned to the history books and with it the festive fortnight of strange and delightful television schedules have concluded. I have to confess that I didn’t watch a great deal of the stuff over the last two weeks but now, as the bumper edition of the Radio Times heads off to the nearest recycling plant, I feel it is time to look back at my personal choices of shows that were blessed by the highlighter pen here at Chez Fazzinchi. Not that there were too many but here are the few bits and pieces that I sat down to enjoy with varying degrees of success.
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The 11th Doctor… who’d have thunk it?
Well, now we know. Doctor Who Confidential as promised has revealed the new Doctor, and he is Matt Smith. I could have written out a list of 100 names that I would have liked to have seen and he would not have been on it. Not because I think it is a bad decision but just because I can only recall seeing him in the Ruby in the Smoke before. It is great that they have chosen someone from way out of left field and he did nothing but impress during the introduction show. Let the debate commence. Too young? Too old? Too quirky? Too hairy? Too much like David Tennant? Not enough like David Tennant? You decide.
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