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Just like buses: nothing for half an hour, then three in a row.
Last night's terrestrial offering at 11:
- BBC1: Jack Dee live at the Apollo (that for some reason featured Joan Rivers' stand-up comedy that I so wanted to see but that it turned out to be so-so)
- BBC2: BBC Four on BBC Two: Time Shift: Fantasy Sixties (featuring The Avengers, where I learned that in the original scripts John Steed's sidekick was a man, and when they decided to go for a woman they hardly changed them at all - hence Emma Peel, a woman you would not want to meet in a dark alley)
- ITV: Footballers' Wives (Early season featuring Christian Solimeno's caleidoscope of tattoos)
- Channel 4: The Sopranos (New season, featuring, erm, more Italian-American dodgy business)
- Five: Cosmetic Surgery Live (Season première, featuring Danniella's Westbrook's nose and boob job)
I had a half-hearted stab to stay on top of all of this, trying to hop among all five channels and making the most of ad breaks and narrative slumps. Then I started speculating on whether Diana Rigg's tits were real or fake, and I knew it was time for bed.
Tuesday 7 September 2004 at 9:35 am
I always thought that English television was not like all the rest of the world, actually I don't know why. I saw that like an expression of true culture.
well, obviously, I was wrong!
Tuesday 7 September 2004 at 11:33 am
I felt in love for the doctor who did the boob job to the two twins. and from his accent one can guess he has even italian origins. got very proud of my country…it's a pity you went to bed, though. at 12 on bbc2 there was another great doc of the 'time shift' series. "the gay decade" presented by Philip Hensher…