The
state of the la la land that is TV just get worse and worse. Apart from
occasional gems, such as the timely repeat of ITV’s Cilla* in recent days, there
is so much junk.
Why,
for instance does the BBC persist in churning out Casualty and Holby City? They
aren’t dramas. They are textbook examples of hand-wringing, liberal issues-led
dross.
Coronation
Street, meanwhile, is nowhere near as good as it was. It shouldn’t keep
chugging away with crisis-heavy storylines, and preachy stuff such as Steve
suffering depression, and now Cathy being addicted to hoarding rubbish, and
Carla becoming a problem gambler.
However,
the actress who plays Cathy, Melanie Hill, is brilliant. I loved her role as
Cilla Black’s mum in ITV’s hit biopic miniseries – especially her yodelling
scene. I hope Melanie becomes a mainstay in Corrie as Cathy – but please add
some beef to her role.
It
was good to see John White as Cilla’s Dad, too. He was so good in Early Doors,
one of the few occasions the BBC have ever managed an intelligent take on
soulful northern English humour and pathos.
Northern
humour still does surface in Corrie, of course, but rarely. The last time I
laughed out loud was months ago when Scary Mary talked of her prowess at yoga. "My
crescent moon is the talk of the community centre,” she boasted. Fffnnnarrr!
And
now, after endless boring cookery shows, we have some awful, overblown bollox
of a barbeque competition, ITV’s BBQ Champ. Two things I find irritating about
it instantly …
(A)
It’s
a rip-off of the BBC’s Great British Bake-Off, and that was hardly worth copying.
And
(B), two of the new show’s ‘stars’ are among the most irritating people ever to
appear on telly. (I know! There’s a lot of competition; are you listening
Phillip Schofield and Su Perkins?)
The
two supremely annoying people in BBQ Champ are, of course, Myleene Klass
and Adam Richardson. Oh, come on, it needs saying!
On
a sombre note, there’s something else I need to say too… Requiescat In Pace,
Cilla Black.
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