A worrying trend is emerging on our televisions. In recent years, the obsession with programme makers has been to include the word Great in as many titles as possible. Alongside this desire was an equal amount of effort spent on including wherever possible the word British. In a number of cases, the two were combined to annoy the cunting fuck out of any sane viewer, and reader of TV listings. The emerging trend I mentioned relates to what may be an effort to supersede these two words with a new one - Super.
To demonstrate this irksome phenomenon, I will simply note a few of the programme titles from this wee's listing.
The most recent newcomer, until this week, was The Supervet - Channel 4. We have long been used to numerous airings on Channel 5 of SuperCasino. Now we have some more.
SuperScrimpers - Channel 4 rubbish
Supernatural - Channel 4 rubbish
Superfoods: The Real Story - Channel 4 again
Supershoppers - Channel 4 provided further rubbish
87 Stone: Fat Chance of Work - SuperSized - Channel 5, as if there were any doubt
Animal Super Parents - BBC1
The Super League Show - BBC1
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