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‘We’re thinking about a True Blood scene where all the vampires go to a tanning booth…’

May 13, 2012
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‘We’re thinking about a True Blood scene where all the vampires go to a tanning booth…’

The TV vampire on his wife and co-star Anna Paquin, his fan Barack Obama and the joys of an Essex spray-tan Where are you and what are you doing? I’m in Venice Beach, California, looking out at a grey day. There are good waves out there but it’s too...

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The Voice: third live show blog

May 13, 2012
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The Voice: third live show blog

Join me from 6.10pm on Saturday as Tom Jones and will.i.am both face losing a pair of acts Hello, and welcome to today’s unfeasibly early The Voice liveblog. Yes, it’s barely even afternoon, but The Voice has shunted itself forward to avoid a clash with Britain’s Got Talent. Will...

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Britain’s Got Talent final: who should win?

May 12, 2012
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Britain’s Got Talent final: who should win?

It’s manipulated, over-hyped and Simon Cowell’s more pompous than ever – but BGT remains triumphantly entertaining The Britain’s Got Talent live semi-finals ended last night with Irish singer-songwriter Ryan O’Shaughnessy and synchronised swimming quartet Aquabatique booking the last slots in Saturday’s final – well, almost, there is still the...

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Playing yourself – a trend that’s played out?

May 12, 2012
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Playing yourself – a trend that’s played out?

Matt LeBlanc’s self-mocking role in Episodes is the latest in a line stretching back to Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. But is the fad in danger of going stale? You might know Episodes, which returns for a second series tonight on BBC2, as the show where Stephen Mangan and...

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Britain’s Got Talent final: who should win?

May 11, 2012
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Britain’s Got Talent final: who should win?

It’s manipulated, over-hyped and Simon Cowell’s more pompous than ever – but BGT remains triumphantly entertaining The Britain’s Got Talent live semi-finals ended last night with Irish singer-songwriter Ryan O’Shaughnessy and synchronised swimming quartet Aquabatique booking the last slots in Saturday’s final – well, almost, there is still the...

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Playing yourself – a trend that’s played out?

May 11, 2012
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Playing yourself – a trend that’s played out?

Matt LeBlanc’s self-mocking role in Episodes is the latest in a line stretching back to Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. But is the fad in danger of going stale? You might know Episodes, which returns for a second series tonight on BBC2, as the show where Stephen Mangan and...

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What happens when TV hits outlive their creators and stars?

May 10, 2012
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What happens when TV hits outlive their creators and stars?

As 56 Up director Michael Apted prepares to hand over the baton, which shows have outshone their original formats There’s a tradition in sport known as “retiring the shirt”, in which the squad number worn by a particularly influential player is taken out of circulation: in American basketball, the...

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Is The Apprentice just too much of the same?

May 9, 2012
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Is The Apprentice just too much of the same?

We can see their next move as if they drew us a map. Isn’t it time Lord Alan made some serious changes to this tired format? Back in 2005, Alan Sugar (he was then still a sir, not a lord) opened the first episode of the first series of...

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TV review: Cardinal Burns

May 9, 2012
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TV review: Cardinal Burns

Those man-eating zombies might be puerile but they’re dead funny Yeah, right, like we really need another sketch show. A thoroughly modern format for the 21st century. What’s it going to do, send up a few television genres? Ha ha ha. Or movies? Or office life? And be a...

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What makes the perfect antiques show?

May 8, 2012
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What makes the perfect antiques show?

Is it the thrill of the big-money find or the enthusiastic experts? Either way it appears Brits can’t get enough of watching old artifacts Last week BBC2 added yet another programme about antiques to an already groaning portfolio. Which means it’s time to turn the popularity of the antiques...

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