TV Something's not quite right with The Guardian's RSS feed system and now and then it's passing through links to articles published months sometimes years ago. Every now and then there's a gem, such as this old column by Grace Dent on being addicted to Digital Television from 2006:
"Sadly, though, you don't get any praise for being a digital TV junkie. This is when Friday has suddenly slipped into Sunday watching A Round with Hale (Gareth Hale of Hale and Pace fame's golfing show) on Majestic TV (Channel 238), or Kevin's Spanish Capers! (Curly Watts off Corrie's travel show). Or Tommy Walsh's Space Invaders on the Discovery Home and Leisure Channel. No, nobody thinks you have hidden depths then. Nobody begs you to appear on The Late Show and bicker with Ekow Eshun about Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns (Living TV). It's almost as if people think you're a bit, ahem, thick."
These days, Dent can be found blogging about Big Brother at their official website. And before you ask, no I'm not.

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