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THE DICTATOR

TODAY, RTÉ2, 9PM

WHEN Sacha Baron Cohen gave us Ali G all those years ago,go, he introduced a great comic creation. It might t only have been one joke spread pretty thin, but it was very funny. Though Borat and Bruno weren’t quite as amusing, they still had their moments. . But this film serves as a reminder why Sacha should really have quit while he was ahead.’.

THE SECRET WORLD OF TINDER

WEDNESDAY, C4, 11.35PM

LITTLE more than two years ears after it was founded in 2012, the Tinder app was s dealing with more than 1bn swipes per day. Of these, about 12 matches were being produced daily. The blurb speaks of ‘an online world of deviancy, devotion, deception, heartbreak and sexual brazenness’.

THE TV THAT MADE ME

TUESDAY, BBC1, 3.45PM

ESTHER Rantzen talks about the TV shows of her youth. I’m reminded of the late Willie Donaldson and the spoof letters he sent to public figures under the guise of Henry Root. To Esther he wrote that she was ‘a fat idiot’ whose show was ‘a disgrace’. She wrote back saying that ‘hearing from viewers like yourself is a tremendous morale boost for all

BOB HARRIS: MY NASHVILLE

FRIDAY, BBC4, 11PM

EVEN though he introduced us tto some of the worst acts in the history of pop music during The Old Grey Whistle Test years, ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris has always seemed likeable. Here, he travels to the cradle of Country. With Emmylou Harris, Duane Eddy, Roseanne Cash and - of all people - Dave Stewart.