August 2016

First Dates: Jethro and Felicity

EastEnders (BBC1, 7.30pm) Just getting a look in between all the endless Olympics coverage, Albert Square’s Cockney rabble continue their depressing odyssey through Walford’s vale of tears. It’s the clash of the bone-dome titans as the brothers grim Phil and Grant Mitchell go bald head to bald head while delivering their hilariously unconvincing tough guy impressions.

By Andy Simon

Channel Five's reality documentary "Body Freaks" is for me, a rare glimpse into what was originally perceived as an incredibly shallow world. I was wrong about that . . . almost.

To some living among us, the obsession with body image has now reached epidemic proportions. And until I watched this show, I didn't understand why.

Here's the thing; I was born with a hairlip and cleft palate.

By Llwynog45

I work from home, if you call it work. During the day I only watch one of two things, The BBC News Channel or occasionally Ideal World. Don't ask me why but I do.

Shopping channels entertain me. When I'm bored with the latest terrorist attack or political rumblings I like to watch deep fat fryers, paper shredders and other stuff I've never bought.

By Henrietta Knight

My Saturday afternoon secret is watching those mean-minded fly on the wall programmes where tourists are arrested at customs for carrying drugs or weird illegal foodstuffs hidden in their suitcases.

The staple shows are Border Security UK and New Zealand’s Border Patrol in which uniformed jobsworths pull travellers to one side and rummage through their belongings. The ultimate documentary series has to be Banged Up Abroad where the criminals get caught with narcotics and sent to prison where they tell their story on camera.