Good TV, Bad TV, Ugly TV

Good TV

Ken Barlow's Kimono in Coronation Street

BBC 1's 4 part drama, One Night. I only seen the final part and it was totally gripping stuff.

The Fantastic Billy Matthews as Alfie.  One Night BBC 1

BBC 1's The Voice. The second outing captured my attention more than the first show. Love the judges dynamics. Smarter than X Factor by far.

Janey (Chrissy Rock) is back on ITV 1's Benidorm. I so missed her, no offence, Sherrie Hewson (Joyce) but Janey Rocks.

Bad TV

BBC 1 showing drama One Night so late and not showing enough promos before. I only watched this through browsing the channels. The many talents, especially Billy Matthews, who played troubled teen Alfie were wasted by being screened at such unsociable hours.

BBC 1 deciding to axe Total Wipeout. Good classic family entertainment for Saturday early evenings and the “big wigs” go and scrap it. Total Idiots!

Big Red Balls  Total Wipeout BBC 1

Ugly TV

Rose Cotton's turkey neck in Eastenders. Can't the wardrobe people cover it up or maybe she should have a quick nip and tuck but honestly its not easy on the eye, nor her face cacked in that make-up.

Polly Perkins and that Perky neckline

The Voice Versus Britain's Got Talent

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It was Talent show war last night against BBC1's The Voice and ITV's Britain's Got Talent (BGT). After a few years of watching these talent type programmes and not all of the winners going on to have great success and the same old pantomime with the judges grew thin with me. However, with all the hype surrounding The Voice, already a popular hit in the USA I thought it'd only be fair to check it out as it made its debut on British prime time TV. As it says on the tin, this show is all about the contestants voice, no sob story and no scrutiny of that 'star' look as judges/mentors, Sir Tom Jones, Danny O'Donoghue, Will I Am and Jessie J have their backs to the contenders whilst they perform.

Being hearing impaired meant difficulty in spotting true talent but from the little I could hear those that got through were well deserved. An hour separated the two shows forcing a twenty minute overlap. On ITV, BGT had Talent Show Supremo, Simon Cowell back in his judging spot with original judge, Amanda Holden and new judges, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams. As ever, the wacky auditions were the best for viewers but I lost interest within an hour sadly.

So to be fair I'm not fit to judge either show, maybe as it heads past the audition progress I might be a bit more tuned in. All I will say is that ITV have a perfect ingredient in their mix. Not Simon Cowell, nor the crazy contestants, but in presenters Ant and Dec. The perfect hosts for viewers spending Saturday night in.