Let it all go with the Mo
EVEN if you no longer fall into the age category at which THE BRIT AWARDS 2022 (ITV, 8pm) are aimed, you can still get tremendous joy from watching the show – broadcast tonight from the O2 and hosted by Mo Gilligan – in the company of those who do.
Do you have children or grandchildren? Perfect. It’ll be a wonderful cross-generational bonding experience, enabling you to demonstrate just how down with the kids you still are.
Key to its success, of course, will be the extent to which you can show them how much you love the music. So it’s important you don’t hold back.
For example, when awardwinning US singer/rapper Doja Cat is performing, be sure to snap your fingers in time to the tune and remark: “Dig this crazy beat.”
Likewise, when UK singersongwriter Sam Fender takes to the stage, get up and dance around the room so vigorously that your young companions are rendered almost speechless with respect.
Your particular choice of dance is also crucial here.
Personally, I find the funky chicken tends to be most effective.
BRITs 2022 Rising Star winner Holly Humberstone is also among the acts performing tonight, so here’s your opportunity to casually let your millennial know how well acquainted you are with Holly’s oeuvre. Be sure to add that you particularly admire her work with Phillip Schofield.
There are, of course, a few potential stumbling blocks of which you’ll need to be aware throughout the evening, for fear of undermining your credibility.At no point, for example, must you reach for the remote and say: “Would you mind if I turned this down? It’s giving me one of my headaches.”
When Ed Sheeran’s singing, under no circumstances should you exclaim: “Oh, I actually quite like this chap, although it’s such a shame about all that horrid stuff he’s got scribbled all over his arms.”
And obviously don’t go and blow all your hard work by issuing a heavy sigh at any stage and asking: “Did we remember to record HOLBY CITY (BBC1, 7.50pm)?”
Having said that, you may be mildly miffed about missing the first episode of THIS IS GOING TO HURT (BBC1, 9pm) and hence want to catch up with it later.
It’s a new comedy drama (quite sweary and bloody and dark humoured, just so you know), based on former medic Adam Kay’s bestseller, focusing on when Kay (BenWhishaw) was a permanently worn-out junior doctor in obstetrics and gynaecology.
You may feel it’s a strange decision on the BBC’s part, to schedule two hospital comedies on the same evening, but on early evidence I reckon it’s rather a smart one.