Top Gear used to be a programme about cars.  Really, it did.  It began on 22 April 1977 and was presented by Angela Rippon and some bloke called Tom Coyne (nope, means nothing to me either). It was produced at BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham because: a) Pebble Mill made a lot of programmes for […]

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May can only mean one thing. Eurovison. (Well actually, Eurovision, the FA Cup, the Champions League Final and the end of the domestic football season…but mainly Eurovison). Eurovision is like Marmite; you either love it or hate it (actually I don’t mind Marmite, but I wouldn’t rave over it. I’ve pretty much just undermined that […]

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Shouting at Telly was meant to be taking a holiday this week, but the TV bug doesn’t stop.  This week we are in Spain and even though we cannot understand a word that is being said, we love it all the same.  The thing about Spanish TV is that it is never off.  You go […]

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