David Quinn published this entry on Wednesday 09 June, 2010 at 8:29 pm. It's been filed in the celebrities + politics + television category . {Comment}
I always thought the Labour Party was about achieving things on merit, rather than as a result of an accident of birth. That’s why the dismal tokenism that resulted in Diane Abbott scraping together enough nominations to get on to the ballot paper for the party’s leadership makes the Labour Party look ridiculous. The idea [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Tuesday 09 February, 2010 at 10:19 pm. It's been filed in the celebrities + television + web category . {2 Comments}
It all started on Sunday morning, when I began one of my usual rants on Twitter about the terribleness of deathly Tim Lovejoy vehicle Something for the Weekend, which culminated in this tweet:
Unpredictably, this comment led to direct contact from Nicky Campbell and, since I’m not one to pass up the chance of wringing a [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Monday 18 January, 2010 at 8:34 pm. It's been filed in the bbc + celebrities + football + television category . {2 Comments}
The growth of a beard obviously signifies a psychological problem within the wearer. Not my words, you understand, but those of former England football manager and beard expert Graham Taylor, who thinks people who “grow beards for no reason” are undergoing some kind of ongoing, possibly catastrophic, mood change.
Taylor was talking about Roy Keane, who [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Monday 14 December, 2009 at 8:18 pm. It's been filed in the television category . {14 Comments}
It’s that time of year when a list of some sort becomes very much the order of the day. I also recently realised that virtually all people on television are deeply awful. Bearing these things in mind, I’ve come up with my top 10 most awful people on television 2009. In reverse order, natch.
10. Garth [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Sunday 06 September, 2009 at 1:54 pm. It's been filed in the advertising + celebrities + television category . {2 Comments}
Britain’s cleverest man. Polymath. National treasure. All descriptions applied at various times to Mr Stephen Fry. To celebrate the first episode tonight of Fry’s new BBC2 series Last Chance To See, I’ve gone to the trouble of assembling some of this intellectual giant’s most illuminating quotes. There’s something here, I feel, for us all to [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Wednesday 26 August, 2009 at 9:03 pm. It's been filed in the bbc + manchester + pr + radio + television category . {Comment}
I feel like I’ve sat through both episodes of ITV1’s The Duchess on the Estate, an unimaginative piece of factual entertainment in which the Duchess of York spends some time on a housing estate in south Manchester and jabbers poshly for a couple of hours about “broken Britain”.
I haven’t, of course. But helpfully the BBC [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Thursday 20 August, 2009 at 10:25 am. It's been filed in the advertising + television category . {2 Comments}
Since the start of this week, I have been unemployed embarking on an exciting new freelance career, which means I’ve found myself watching daytime television. The programmes are dreadful but the adverts, which appeal to housewives, the retired and the out of work, are kind of fascinating for what they reveal about the UK’s socio-economic [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Thursday 23 July, 2009 at 12:08 pm. It's been filed in the sport + television category . {2 Comments}
Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen are my favourite commentators ever. As it’s July, I’m enjoying their voiceovers on the Tour de France coverage on ITV4 almost as much as the cycling itself. Unlike many commentary double-acts, the sporting pundit (Paul) seems to do as much talking as the broadcast journalist (Phil). Put them together and something quite [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Friday 03 July, 2009 at 5:53 pm. It's been filed in the bbc + manchester + television category . {4 Comments}
For all BBC middle managers thinking of moving up north, of which there really aren’t that many, please be aware of these facts, all verifiable on Wikipedia:
The last known “art gallery” closed in 1987
The crime rate rose by 900% last year, driven by a shocking trade in aggravated pigeon theft
Jack Duckworth reads the ITV regional [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Sunday 24 May, 2009 at 12:32 pm. It's been filed in the advertising + politics + television category . {Comment}
There’s something inescapably awful about the latest Conservative election broadcast, which essentially consists of David Cameron saying the words “Cameron Direct” a lot while prancing about, pointing a lot and occasionally sitting on a train. I’ve checked and it’s not a parody but I’ve still watched it about six times on YouTube since it was [...]