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13 million people will be tuning for the Wedding of the Year. It’s had its ups and downs. Strange relatives throwing a strop. Doubts about whether it should go ahead at all. A first wedding in 1981 which is still fondly in the hearts of …

The press are currently having a field day with some comments that Prince Charles muttered under his breath at a photocall at Swiss ski resort with the Heir and the Spare today. When asked how Charles was feeling about his wedding he joked: “I’m glad …

Londonist are pleased to note that yesterday was officially warm in London and today will be even warmer. Temperatures reached a balmy 19 degrees on Wednesday and “Any day from now to the weekend could see temperatures going up to the late teens,” said forecaster …

A recipe for success? Take one mockney lisping chef. Send him to a Sarf London comprehensive school with TV cameras following his every move. Allow him the standard budget of 37p to feed each child. (Bear in mind he’s just fed his own babies on …

Wednesday night on Channel 4 and you can’t really miss watching a TV programme with that title – specially when you know it’s not going to be about pantomime Dames or David Beckham’s latest “fashion” statement. The documentary was hosted by Turner Prize winning artist …

Curb Your Enthusiasm We’re still be waiting to see whether the American version of The Office (The Office: An American Workplace) will really take off in the States. However, in the meantime HBO has a sort of glamourous version of The Office with Curb Your …

I’ve been watching EastEnders since it began in 1984 and it always has its ups and downs but it’s now going through a decidedly DOWN patch. At the moment it seems that whenever we get a half way decent or vaguely complicated character they disappear …

OK – it’s official, I’m finally, finally into Desperate Housewives. I watched the first two episodes and fell asleep before they had ended, but with this week’s third episode, I wide awake and almost turned over to E4 to watch next week’s episode (if that …

Apologies for posting out of my normal TV category but it’s simply too good not to post. We all know the huge kerfuffle that’s been going on about Jerry Springer the Opera (reported by me in Londonist and recently updated by Rob). Well someone has …

UK Christians Burn TV Licences Over Springer Opera I really, really, really wish the above headline was a joke but sadly it’s not. The kerfuffle is all about the fact that Jerry Springer The Opera is finally going to be broadcast on BBC2 at 10pm …