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TV Review: Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, BBC2, 16/03

by Keith Emmerson

Stewart Lee is to the world of comedy what pans are to a chef; pretty vital unless you want cold beans, and nobody wants cold beans. This man possesses razor sharp comic timing; somehow he can make any innocuous word comical. One small inflection or miniscule tweak of his expression conveys more than any amount [...]

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The Restaurant’s Third Course: Coming Soon

by Keith Emmerson

Remember that reality TV show which was a bit like The Apprentice but focused on the contestants’ restaurant-owning acumen rather than the art of arse-kissing Alan Sugar called The Restaurant? Well it is back for a third series.

That’s right, Raymond Blanc is returning to judge nine couples who think that they can run an eatery because they once threw a successful dinner party so they can join him in restaurant running Disneyland. However this time Raymond says, “This year will be survival of the fittest. I am not looking for dreamers, I want to see couples with fresh ideas and a partnership that will flourish under pressure.” He says that every time, though, doesn’t he?

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TV Review: Moving Wallpaper, ITV1, 06/03

by Keith Emmerson

The Moving Wallpaper/Echo Beach concept was unusual for ITV, it was quite innovative and possibly even a teeny bit good. Worry not however, as they weren’t going to allow this anomaly to continue unfettered. If the phenomenon of the original format passed you by, here is a quick recap. Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach were [...]

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TV Review: Red Riding: 1974, Channel 4, 5/03

by Keith Emmerson

It isn’t in our nature here at hecklerspray to be complimentary about TV shows, films, actors, or anyone or anything come to think of it, but this is a well deserved exception.

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When Hecklerspray Met Mr T: The Video

by Keith Emmerson

As some of you may have heard, Mr T is in town, promoting either his new masculine manifesto or some delicious chocolate bars.

Who can really say which one is true with any certainty? Well, we can. Mr T is in the UK to promote Snickers. But that’s beside the point, because it meant thathecklerspray’s Keith Emmerson could hang out with the great man twice – first to have a Polaroid picture taken with Mr T before a man with arms literally the size of a dead cow shoved him away, and then two days later at a hotel where he actually got to ask Mr T some questions.

This footage is all that survives from the meeting…

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TV Review: Law & Order: UK, ITV1, 23/02

by Keith Emmerson

Michael Barrymore, Les Dennis, Shane Richie, Keith Chegwin, Bobby Davro, Bradley Walsh. What do they all have in common?

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