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Another first-person article. I promise it’s not the start of a trend! Normal service resumes after this post. I wrote an angry, personal opinion post on Monday all about how my friend Phil the physicist goth (part-time goth, anyway) was fined £80 by police for …

… is pretty fugly. Judging by how it chooses to be presented on the small screen, at any rate. Take Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (Wed 9pm C4): We’re not denying that it’s entertaining. It is hugely entertaining, especially when Gordon picks on twattish City trader …

Note: I am breaking with the Londonist ‘no first person singular’ rule thing because this is an account of a specific incident that affected me and may not represent the views of the entire Londonist team. Also, this post contains naughty words that might warp …

Big Brother (Fri 8.30pm/10pm C4): Just when we were starting to tire of Lea’s monotone Black Country whine and Nikki’s helium hyperenunciation … As everyone and her pet terrapin knows, there will be FIVE – count ‘em, FIVE – new housemates unveiled to the viewing …

Oh no, not more sport! At the risk of sounding like a skipping CD, this is getting ridiculous. With Wimbledon added to the surfeit of sporting action on the small screen, there’s even less room for actual, interesting programmes than ever. Summer of sport our …

What could be better than going to a lovely park on a hot summer’s day to listen to some nice relaxing music? Well, nothing, apart from the ‘relaxing’ part – this Londonista likes it LOUD. The louder, the better. So Saturday’s gig in Hyde Park …

Those who hate both Big Brother (daily, all the time, C4/E4) and the World Cup might well have entertained thoughts of entering a house of peace, and taking holy orders. Potential bonuses include: no more trying to find things to delete because Systems Administrator tells …

And you thought the God Squad was a mere turn of phrase. If the previews for God’s Next Army (Mon 8pm C4) are right, then the Grand Old Party should be on its guard as a Trojan horse of bright young things – bright, utterly …

We found it hard to imagine how last year’s Big Brother could have been topped; OK, Science or Eugene should have won, but it provided reliable entertainment and too many coffee-machine moments to mention. This year’s hasn’t quite reached those highs, but we feel it’s …

The millions and millions of Londoners who have been to see The Da Vinci Code (sadly not as bad as we’d hoped it would be) or X-Men 3 (happily, not as bad as we’d feared it would be) or any other major release over the …