TAM C VID ‘Water-cooler’ telly turns me off.. but a show with a healthy splash of nostalgia? I’ll drink to that
THE LAUGHS JUST KEEP COMING WITH TAM COWAN’S HILARIOUS LOCKDOWN DIARIES
US tech firm Apple has lost a legal fight with Swiss watchmakers Swatch over the use of the phrase “one more thing”.
Hang on – having watched endless hours of daytime telly during lockdown, surely I’m right in saying TV ’tec Columbo could take them BOTH to court?
I’ve been glued to classic telly repeats since the start of the Covid pandemic.
Forget comfort eating, I prefer comfort viewing. As Mrs C will confirm, I’ve been like this for years. Yep, don’t mind admitting I’ve never watched a single episode of Line Of Duty, Schitt’s Creek, The Crown, Game Of Thrones and all the other “water-cooler” programmes.
Even as a lifelong football fan, I still haven’t seen the criticallyacclaimed documentaries on Diego Maradona and Pele.
Settled down one night to watch the Maradona doc but, well, a classic repeat of I’m Alan Partridge was just starting on UK Gold…
I’m basically a creature of habit who baulks at the idea of watching something new on TV.
Killing Eve? Succession? Fleabag? No thanks, I’m happy with Only Fools And Horses – my specialised chosen subject if I was on Mastermind – and my 200th viewing of The Jolly Boys’ Outing (yep, the cracker with Del Boy & Co on a “beano” to Margate).
Another firm favourite is the US sitcom Cheers – all 11 series are shown on a loop by Channel 4 and I record the double bill every morning.
The Boston bar has been my favourite watering hole since the early 80s when I’d sprint home from the Boys’ Brigade on a Friday night to catch the start of every unmissable episode. I actually think my proudest moment as a dad was teaching my wee lassie to sing the famous theme song when she was four. I’m also happy
Fleabag? No thank you, I am happy with Only Fools & Horses
as Larry – that’s Larry David – with the daily re-runs of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
And my usual nightcap is two episodes of Bullseye on Challenge TV. Nostalgic telly which, if nothing else, serves to remind you just how popular white sports socks were in the 1980s.
Another old fave is Have I Got News For You. Lots of repeats across several channels to keep me smiling and, joy of joys, Paul Merton and Ian Hislop return with a new series next week.
I haven’t missed a single edition of the topical news quiz since it started in 1990 and I insist the first time Bruce Forsyth guest-hosted the show was the greatest 30 minutes in British TV history. (As a huge fan of Brucie, you don’t need to
ask if the morning repeats of Play Your Cards Right feature on my Sky Planner…) This week, while many of you were tuning into new stuff like Unforgotten on STV or The Syndicate on BBC1, I rolled back the years on Netflix with two comedy crackers – Still Game and Benidorm.
It’s hard to beat a half-hour in the company of Jack, Victor and the Craiglang gang and I’ve been a huge fan of the crazy characters at The Solano Hotel since the hilarious stage show came to Glasgow a couple of years ago. (If memory serves, that night didn’t get off to a great start. It was £6.50 for a Budvar in the theatre bar – I should have gone all-inclusive – and just before curtain up, I edged along our row to discover a big German bloke had put his towel on my seat.)
Yes, folks, when the pubs finally re-open and groups of pals are dissecting the sixth series of Line Of Duty, I’ll be the one in the corner playing the puggy… PS... Staying with telly, the revamped Question Of Sport will be presented by a comedian rather than an ex-sportsperson (like former host Sue Barker).
Simply because it’s the only thing he HASN’T been on, my money’s on Romesh Ranganathan. 1 Holidays this year. 2This is due to Cowona Viwus… 3 The captain of the Suez cargo ship is finally revealed.
Zoo-keeper regrets agreeing to work from home.
After over-indulging since March 2020, the doc advised me to cut out drinking…