a look at BBC2’s new series ‘How to live a Simple Life’

In this new TV Documentary series, part-time Vicar, Peter Owen Jones shows us his quest to live and survive on what amounts to zero money.
First it has to be said that with his job he gets a free house (grossly too big for one [...]

Once upon a time, not so long ago, Michael Portillo was best known for being a rather suave debinair Member of Parliament and a strong allie of the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Upon being a close third place in the Leadership Election following John Majors term of Office and a loss in the General [...]

It was Tuesday, I was in Southampton with my daughter and Grand kids. The youngsters were playing in the background, so I thought I’d watch the World Darts on TV.
I was surprised to get away with watching the remainder of the Programme as I usually get out voted, especially if I threaten them with BBC [...]

I watched with interest a new TV series the other night where young Modern Artists are in an ‘Apprentice’ type situation of winning a prize to have their works displayed in St. Petersburg.
It’s a personal view I guess, one’s own idea of what Art is, but for me, this just seemed to be confirming my [...]

I’m really glad to see yet another TV series featuring Bushcraftsman Ray Mears. ‘Northern Wilderness’, a journey accross Canada, is BBC2’s latest documentary series and has a lot more to offer than previous programmes.
To many viewers, Ray Mears is a ‘blokes bloke’, a somewhat macho Guy going around telling us how to survive in Antartica [...]

If I were to choose whom I personally feel to be a genius in Film and Stage Music, I’d say Enio Morricone (see this page) for film and Andrew Lloyd Webber for Stage, although I guess I should say ‘Lord Webber’.
I, like many of my age group, was first introduced to Lloyd Webber through ‘Jesus [...]

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It seems to me that because of the Credit Crisis and the expectation of it being a long term affair, Daytime TV may have to make a few changes.
Will ‘Escape to the Country’ change to ‘Flee just about anywhere’ ? Will ‘Home or Away’ become ‘We’ll stay where we are’ ?
These property programmes are going [...]

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Those of you who, like me, go back a few years, may recall the BBC showing M*A*S*H, the warming American Comedy series set in the Korean War.
It was most pleasurable to watch and had no dubbed laughter over the top. Now, a few years on, you may catch an episode on one of the [...]

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I have been an avid watcher of all the Apprentice episodes in all the series and after seeing some of the Candidates, I reckon I would have a pretty good chance of being Sir Alan Sugars next choice.
Here are my main credentials.
1. I have one of his Digi Boxes.
2. He wouldn’t have to worry about [...]

Daytime TV gives many people much joy and looking at most of them, you can see the reasons why.
They are fairly factual, appear to feature mainly ‘normal’ types and can show you what can be done - if you have the time, but more importantly, the money!
Homes Under the Hammer shows how someone can purchase [...]