Who do they think they are? The reformed Spice Girls in June. Photograph: Joel Ryan/PA
I don't know, you get slightly excited by the idea of a warts-and-all documentary of the reformed Spiceys, but then you start to wonder - are the "REAL" Spice Girls going to be shown as they really are in a documentary? This is unlikely, I feel. You can tell them they don't have final approval over the programme as much as you like, but at the end of the day these are some of the most camera-savvy women out there, and if you put one in the room, it's unlikely you're going to end up with a rough, gritty, fly-on-the-wall finish.
This week on I'm a Celebrity? I'm not entirely sure, to be honest. The main things, as far as I can see are - quick scoot around - a man named Rodney left the jungle, and Anna Ryder Richardson beat the queen (in ratings, obv). And then it was shockingly revealed that Marc and Cerys did, indeed "get it on" while in the jungle. And all the while, the usual process of It's-A-Knockout-like tasks and eating bugs continues apace. Until Friday, at which point it will suddenly be gone again. Has it been so much of a hit this year as the previous series? No idea. Has it been as good? What do you think?
There won't be an end to people putting unwise substances in their mouths for entertainment's sake, of course. Michelle Heaton (ex of Liberty X) will be binge drinking for a month on ITV, for example, in order to examine the effects this has on her body. While this raises the usual kind of questions about the producer's responsibility for the individual over and above the individual's need for exposure, there are of course serious issues driving the show, and some of them are explored by an addictions counsellor here (albeit one who took part in the programme).
Would you like to date the scary brother from Same Difference? The scary sister from Same Difference is apparently looking for a girlfriend for her terrifyingly jolly brother. To ward off the incest rumours. Well, it doesn't say that explicitly, but we all know that's what they mean. Meanwhile, Rotwatch asks, with Rhydian such a clear favourite and/or a shoe-in is there any point in watching the X-Factor any more? No, not really, says Organ Grinder.
TV Today commented:
"Who would have thought, after the first two weeks of Series 5 and we'd all seen each contestant dance one competitive dance, that after half the contestants had been eliminated we'd have more men still in the competition than women?"
I have no idea. Even thinking about that sentence sounds like a sum to me. So I'm just going to say "Yes." Still, it was very good, and then in the results show, John Barnes left, which everyone seemed to think was a pretty fair decision and no one had any big controversial issue with. Booooooo.
Fancy a reality-ish night out? Well, one CAN be yours! If you just take the time to win tickets to a live filming of a show you've never watched by answering questions you don't know the answer to on a site that takes four billion years to load (or "more than ten seconds," whatever, I'm quite impatient). Oh, what's the point?
There is some interesting stuff out there, of course. If you like that sort of thing, there's a nice little round-up of how some of the Australian News Channels introduced their election coverage, for example. And, you know, lots of other interesting stuff. I just can't find any of it right now.
