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Because the telly is chock-full of awesomeness this yuletide, Steven, Carl and I will be here everyday with our ’selection box’ of highlights for each day between here and January 1. Well, unless we overdose on the mulled wine and Cava and forget about it, that is.
Christmas Eve kicks off with perennial family favourites [...]
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TELLY! Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, BBC Four, 10.30pm
Crikey, BBC Four’s a bit good at the moment, isn’t it? First Only Connect* rather unexpectedly became a lowculture favourite, and now the venerable Charlie Brooker returns with a new series of Screenwipe – and all this knowing that we’ve still got new series of Spiral, Flight of [...]
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Al writes: I officially heart lowculture. A place where Lolcat speak is acceptable; a place where I can enjoy reading other people’s critiques of Hollyoaks, despite having not watched an episode in years; a place where you can question whether Sean from Same Difference is fit without fear of retribution; a place where Charlie Brooker [...]
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CURMUDGEONLY! Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, BBC4, 10:35pm
Now as you should all know by now, Charlie Brooker is regarded as some kind of deity by lowculture and as such, it is your loyal duty to watch this show tonight (or at least try and catch one of the many repeats that are on over the next few [...]
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CURRENT! Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, BBC2, 11.50pm
Sometimes it’s just all about being in the right place, with the perfect combination of speak and subject. The third episode of the most recent series of Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe was an in-depth study of television news, in particular the slight ridiculousness of some 24-hour rolling news channels, and [...]
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COMEDY! Flight of the Conchords/Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, BBC4, from 9.30pm
Tuesday is at risk of becoming our absolute stay-at-home, don’t-answer-the-phone television treat night. Or it would, if we hadn’t just ruined that by signing up for an evening class. But since you don’t really need to know about our daily schedule (and if we [...]
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GOING! Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, BBC4, 10.00pm
Should we be worried that two of the best shows on TV at the moment are shows that essentially point out to us how bad TV is? Harry Hill’s TV Burp is the highlight of our Saturday viewing, and its more bilious older sibling Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe is officially [...]
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I saw them perform it "live" on GMTV this morning and I nearly spluttered out my tea. 