We've had the Lorraine Pascale half-hours, showing us 'Baking Made Easy', plus the obligatory repeats (there was the fourth of six, last Monday). We've also had the Hairy Bikers this week, on BBC2 at 7.00pm. They were sandwiched between "Great British Railway Journeys" and "The Great Sport Relief Bake Off". Does every programme now have to have the word 'Celebrity' or the word 'Great' in its title? ("The Great Barrier Reef" was on tonight)
Michael Portillo is still pissing about on trains; he's been stuck on them for two years now, and his latest series has 25 fucking instalments. Someone is making up useless journeys for him, and is glad to see him on his way. If it were down to me, I'd stick him on the Underground - Circle Line - and leave him to age for 8 years on one £4 ticket for Zone 1.
After the bikers, we've endured the Bake Off. I realise the title relates to the activity, but come on, it's a bit much for the contestants to be led into their efforts with a "Ready, Steady, Bake" from some unknown woman.
I am struggling to understand who is in charge at the BBC when it comes to selecting people to compete in these things. The format for this pointless programme was: three heats, each with four participants, Tue-Thu and a final shown on Friday for the three heat winners. Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood (me neither) were assessing the efforts of, and I don't know if they were supposed to be 'celebrities' (ha) or 'well known faces' (ha, again, in most cases) -
Sarah Hadland, Joe Swift, James Wong, Angela Griffin, Arlene Phillips, Fi Glover, Saira Khan, Gus Casely-Hayford, Anita Rani, Pearl Lowe, Alex Deakin and Alex Langlands. So, just three that I've heard of, with programmes hosted by the very-well-known Mel Giedroyc !!! I belatedly worked out that this is the female host. It's one of those names, isn't it - not as bad though as the Irish, ie. Joirsiemhrvn (pronounced 'Julie').
Woeful offerings like this mean that BBC2 is the place to avoid.
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