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The Simpsons A Cappella

Posted in Television, YouTube on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is good:

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Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent

Posted in Music, Television on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Love this: Susan Boyle, a 47-year-old church volunteer from West Lothian, stunned judges on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent with her performance of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables on Saturday. The clip of the programme on You Tube has been watched by over 5 million people, and has had praise from people such as [...]

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Condoms and abortion clinics on TV adverts

Posted in Society, Television on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Was quite concerned to hear on the radio whilst driving to a meeting that condom adverts could be screened on TV before the 9pm watershed Whilst I understand that the UK has a high teenage pregnancy rate and needs to do something to change this, I’m not convinced that this is a sensible way forward.  [...]

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The Secret Millionaire

Posted in Society, Television on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I am a massive fan of The Secret Millionaire there was another good episode on tonight as I got in from church. The gist of the programme is that a millionaire leaves their ‘normal’ life behind and go undercover for ten days in a deprived part of the UK.  They live a basic life, working [...]

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The Simpsons has a makeover

Posted in Television on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The characters are the same, the music is the same, but the Simpsons intro is now a little different.  Bart still skateboards home and Lisa still plays that memorable saxophone solo, but for much of the credits it is all change. The opening sequence has remained largely unchanged since the second series in 1990. But [...]

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Liverpool Street Station Dance ad by T-Mobile

Posted in Media, Television on January 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I saw this on TV last night and loved it – someone very clever came up with this ad:

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The 9/11 Faker

Posted in Television on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Whilst doing bits of admin and writing last night I had the television on in the background.  It turned out it was the 9/11 Faker programme for Cutting Edge.  This was a shocking programme, that unfortunately left us with so many unanswered questions, in one sense the programme was poor due to not having got [...]

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West Wing is getting exciting …

Posted in Television on October 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I’m gradually rounding off Series 7 and today I managed to start ‘Election Day part 1.’ It’s been great to look at how an election should be run – how values should be more important than personalities, how hope is more important mico-issues. I look forward to seeing how it finishes.

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Detractors speak against ‘Make me a Christian’

Posted in Church, Media, Television on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A lap dancer, a lesbian, and a lapsed Christian with a pregnant girlfriend are among the participants on the U.K.’s newest reality show, Make Me a Christian, where Christian leaders attempt to bring a group of unlikely candidates to the faith. The show’s premise is to find out if Christianity can help repair the moral [...]

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Funny stories from around the world

Posted in Funny, News, Politics, Society, Television on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

David Byrne, former frontman for Talking Heads, has turned a huge warehouse into a musical instrument, ‘played’ by an old organ keyboard. See here for the full story.  (Thanks David) Just desserts for pie contestants - The 41st world custard pie throwing championships has been held in Kent.  Competitors in Maidstone were given points for hitting [...]

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