This episode largely centered around Sid. Now, Sid is inherently a depressing character. Everything about smacks of misery. Unfortunately this misery was compounded by an insight into his awful family, and then finding his dad dead in the armchair. There was some light relief, with Anwar and Sketch being caught using Sid’s bed by his mum, but all in all , this was really depressing episode.
If you want to be depressed too, you can catch the episode on 4oD.
Here’s a clip from the Dragons’ Den archive. Young investor Christian Lane came to the den with his innovative folder, called Foldio, which enables large sheets of paper to be transported without causing a crease. He wanted £80,000 for 15% of his company and then… well rather than me telling you, why not watch what happened below:
Foldio products are now available to buy at Ryman, the stationary store owned by Theo Paphitis. Find out more about the products by visiting the website.
This clip is proving very popular in France right now. President Sarkozy is caught on film telling a farmer to “get lost” and calls him a “dumbass” after his offer of a handshake is rebuffed. I think the effect is lost if you don’t speak French but check it out nonetheless.
When I read in the newspaper that the Osbournes were hosting The Brits, I thought it must have been a mistake. Surely, the job of hosing a high profile live event wouldn’t be left to these amateurs. It sounded like Mick Fleetwood and Sam Fox all over again. But no, it wasn’t a mistake. There they were - Sharon, Ozzy, Jack and Kelly, who was looking a real doppelganger for Director of civil rights group, Libery, Shami Chakrabarti.
The Osbournes, as expected, stumbled and giggled through the nights proceedings with all the lack of talent you might expect. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Denise Van Outen came on to present an award and tried their hand at comedy to cringe making effect. Mark Ronson got an award for Best British Solo male - apparently the first non singer to ever get the award.
Highlights I guess were Amy Winehouse and Paul McCartney winding up the evening with a good old singalong to Hey Jude.
What did you think of this year’s Brits?
Another great weak of skating, which culminated in Steve and Zaara being in the the skate off. Zaara is actually great so I can only think its her relative obscurity - she had a small role in Corrie - which led to her being bottom two. Paired up with the lovely Fred, they performed again. Fred, as much as I like him, seems only capable of one expression - that of a slight simpleton, smiling for no particular reason. In fact his smile was only lost when he appeared to be held in a choking old by Zaara’s thighs.
Gareth was very good this week, and his unique move was great - far better than Chris’ lazy effort called the “worm” which wasn’t very unique and wasn’t well executed. Chris got great marks again but really it seemed a little too ragged this week and there was one part where his partner seemed to goto grab his leg and it just wasn’t there.
Greg was simply Greg. Jason said he had the “charisma of cardboard” which was perhaps a little bit harsh. He also said he would quit the show if Greg was in the final, which probably helped Greg no end.
I think the judge Nicky has cottoned onto Jason’s trick. Give the lowest mark you can and you’ll be called to talk more, and probably get a pay rise. I think Nicky has his eye on that centre chair for next series!
Monday saw the return of popular E4 drama, Skins.Tony is still suffering from the effects of being run over at the end of the last series. He’s a bit slow mentally, he can’t write, can’t goto the toilet on his own, gets flashbacks when he sees a bus and is suffering from odd eyebrows. Sid and Michelle are nowhere to be seen - apparently unable to cope with what he has become - and only Maxie seems to really be keeping an interest in looking out for Tony.
Maxie’s story is starting a resemble a cross between Beautiful Thing and Billy Elliot. Gay guy trapped on a council estate, with a (not quite convincing) hardman dad played by Bill Bailey who doesn’t want him to go off to become a dancer.
Did you miss this episode of Skins? You can download it at 4oD.
Honda always make adverts which are worth a second look, so check out this new one where the theme is that every problem is a playground.
Amy Winehouse wins 5 prestigious Grammy awards (after being nominated for 6) and gave a stellar performance by live satellite.
Deano Wickes got out of prison last night on Eastenders, and he seemed to have a right cob on. Ok, so he’s been in prison, he’s had “everything” done to him in there, his Dad has died and his sister has gone off travelling around the world, so he’s entitled to be a bit moody but this was a completely different Deano. It wasn’t that long ago he was out for Kevin’s funeral and he didn’t seem quite as messed up as last night, so he either had a very bad last month inside, or Eastenders writers were indulging in their favourite trick of completely changing a character’s personality - remember when Minty was an evil landlord offering to take sex as payment from Janine?
So as I was saying, Deano wasn’t best pleased. He went rount to Shirley’s and had her pay for a prostitute, sorry, “escort”. Then he went over to the Vic and headbutted Sean Slater (hang on, wasn’t Sean the victim of Deano’s crime - how’s that for victim support?) and then gave Shirley a bit of a roughing up before making his way into the night and out of the Square for good.
I’d have to say, observations about his personality transplant aside, Matt Di Angelo did a good job acting the part (finally) and was more believable as a hard-nut than Sean who just seems a bit gormless these days. No wonder Sean is leaving too - they’ll have him clowning around with Minty and Garry if he stays too much longer.
Well, after weeks of banging her head on the ice, tripping up and getting slated by the judges, Aggie was finally put out of her misery tonight. The relationship between her and Sergei looked genuinely touching, but for her own safety, it really was time for her to go.
Ruthie Henshall is starting to get up my nose a bit too. I know its almost like she and Jason (the two who aren’t Ice dancers) are judging performance whilst the others judge skating, but that’s rubbish because experienced ice skaters know that performance is encompassed in the routine so there’s no need for a distinction between the two. I have the least respect for Ruthie’s scoring.
Yet again, Chris Fountain knocked it out of the park. He just makes it look so easy. Gareth Gates, with his slick hairdo (which is actually a big improvement), was good but you can tell he is lacking speed on the ice at the moment and not quite in Chris’ league. I really enjoyed Linda Lusardi’s performance and she has a great bond with her partner. Steve Backley joined Aggie in the skate off. Steve seems like a nice guy but his performances don’t do anything for me, and Jason’s comment that it was a shame they couldn’t get rid of both of them was funny and had a ring of truth about it.
Who do you think did a great job this week?