Rob Brydon: praised as having a ‘rare gift’ by Michael Parkinson. Photograph: BBC/Talkback Thames Rob Brydon’s show is not a chatshow in the conventional sense. In an attempt to put a new spin on the genre, he interacts with the audience and banters with guests – or more accurately, mates – who, in a...
Lewis Hamilton in F1′s Hungarian Grand Prix. Photograph: Crispin Thruston/Action Images Last week there was much gnashing of teeth amongst motor racing fans when the latest TV rights deal to screen Formula One was announced. From 2012 the BBC would be sharing coverage with Sky – the BBC will screen half of the races...
Exclusive: Document shows intelligence officers instructed to weigh importance of information sought against pain inflicted A top-secret document revealing how MI6 and MI5 officers were allowed to extract information from prisoners being illegally tortured overseas has been seen by the Guardian. The interrogation policy – details of which are believed to be too sensitive...
FTSE falls below the 5500 mark after European commission president’s crisis warning and fears of new US recession World stock markets tumbled sharply again on Thursday after the European commission president warned that the crisis in the eurozone was threatening to engulf Italy and Spain. Fears over the health of the global economy, and...
Trollied: Jane Horrocks’s news sitcom is set in a fictional supermarket in the north-west. Photograph: Sky1 As anyone who’s served their minimum-wage sentence in a local supermarket will tell you, the daily grind of pretentious middle management, disillusioned staff and monotonous routine offers a treasure trove of comic potential. Trollied, Sky1′s new sitcom, which...
Big Brother winner-turned-drivetime DJ Kate Lawler: time-filling waffle about Alton Towers. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images You don’t have to be mad to listen to Kerrang! Radio but you do have to be a little mad to work there. Kerrang! DJs fall into two categories – sensibly named and a little bit crazy (or should...
Npower’s Kevin McCullough: smile, you’re on camera. Photograph: Charles Fearn/Channel 4 The trouble with most businesses is, they’re incredibly boring. That’s presumably why The Apprentice camps it up so much, with pornographic shots of Bentley bonnets sliding into view, and light bouncing off phallic skyscrapers. Because frankly, most British businesses run on cheap wood...
Bullseye: lots of bull but sadly no Jim Bowen on the live tour. Photograph: ITV/Rex Features Bullseye, perhaps the best ever darts-based gameshow to be co-hosted by an obese glove-wearing cow in an unflattering polo shirt – is back. Sort of. The revived version won’t be classic ITV Bullseye, with Jim Bowen and Tony...