MY BEST
gives hope to pop-pickers everywhere,
CHRISTMAS TV a Proustian shortcut to a simpler era.
by anDrew collins like the tapping, dismembered
Top Of The Pops, a simple foot of a zombie, it refuses to stop dancing
format showcasing songs and remains the jewel in the christmas
from that week’s top 40, Day schedule’s crown. gather the family
died aged 42 in 2006. round; it must be viewed, belly full, as
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counterintuitively, christmas Top it goes out…and no fast-forwarding
Of The Pops lives on. a tinsel-bedecked robbie williams!
best-of, with live performances under spurts The audiobook of Andrew’s childhood
of fake snow and band members in Father memoir Where Did It All Go Right? is
christmas capes, this smile-forming staple available from gofasterstripe.com.
MY WoRST identifying this one as a christmas special
CHRISTMAS TV was a sprig of holly on the “big break”
by marK Dolan
lettering and some tinsel round virgo’s cue.
one of the most astonishing at best, this was a show to wrap your
facts about Big Break, the presents to, with the sound down. that way
snooker-based game show you could enjoy virgo’s trick shots and be
hosted by jim Davidson and john virgo, was spared the “banter”. Davidson and virgo
that even though it didn’t work, it ran to 14 did have an explosive chemistry, but so does
series and eight christmas specials. those iran and that doesn’t make it a good thing.
specials reflected the 1980s obsession that Mark Dolan’s The World’s… and Me will
every show should have one. the only thing be shown on Channel 4 in the new year.
MY WoRST
CHRISTMAS TV
generally—boris johnson appearing is
by aleD jones
hilarious—but i wish the writers would lighten
up for just this one day. i know soaps are
christmas is a busy time for me supposed to parody real lives, but can we not
but i still hope to catch up with have a bit of a laugh on our day off?
normal family things, and tv plays a part. there’s plenty of good christmas tv,
so i’m always depressed by the christmas like that special cartoon about a little boy
EastEnders special, which normally comes and a magical snowperson. i can’t quite
with a dollop of death, angst and irons being remember the name…
misused. not ideal viewing after your turkey Forty Favourite Hymns by Aled Jones
and brussels sprouts. i’m a fan of the soap (Preface Publishing, £14.99) is out now.
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