Merlin - BBC1, Saturday 7.30pm
At last a decent series to replace Doctor Who, Primeval and all the other Saturday primetime shows that we enjoy watching with the family.
Knowing how rubbish some of these shows turn out to be, I tuned in to Merlin on Saturday with low expectations…..low and behold we all sat glued to [...]

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Desperate Housewives - Channel 4, Wednesday 10pm
Whodda thought it?…..the mysterious hand did belong to Dylan’s father!  He is a very creepy character isn’t he?  I’m amazed that Dylan is such a lovely child with parents as ruthless, controlling and menacing as hers!
Elsewhere in the neighbourhood, Orson’s secret is finally out and although Mike and Susan [...]

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The Advertising Standards Agency has just banned one of those annoying Asda Arrow ads which claim Asda is cheaper, based on some paid private comparison service that customers can’t use. I complained about one of those weeks ago, but it’s only now Tesco have complained that ASA have ruled that the advert can’t be [...]

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Ireland to Sydney by Any Means - BBC2, Sunday 8pm
Yeah we all know this is just another opportunity for Charley to satiate his boysish enthusiasm for motorbikes and travelling the world.  The novelty of this series is that he and producer/fellow traveller, Russ Malkin get the opportunity to ‘have a go’ on steam trains, boats [...]

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Desperate Housewives - Channel 4, Wednesday 10pm
Isn’t it strange watching a show that’s already teetering towards storyline endings and end of season cliffhangers when it feels like it has only just started!
So it looks like Orson’s secret (mowing down Mike) is finally out of the bag, Lynette is getting some much needed male attantion after [...]

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