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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Sarah Dempster

TV turn-ons and turn-offs

Turn-ons

Public Enemy: Prophets of Rage

Bittersweet billet-doux to the days before The Man moved in and painted hip-hop magnolia

Simon McBurney in Rev

Discomfiting urbanity + superlative cassock work = consistent ecclesiasticalolz

Gardeners' World Christmas Special

Big up to MC Monty Don for dis "festive soil" ting

Rafe Spall in Pete Versus Life

Incessant whimpering/befuddling jowl arrangement causes irreparable damage to The Mast's "explicable crush" node

Turn-offs

EastEnders' "mystery stalker" plot

Endless shots of Phil Mitchell squinting through blinds leads to critical doof-doof deficit

Ricky Tomlinson: Sitcom Does Christmas

Turduckens deflate and baubles shrivel as globular scouser ho-ho-hos through Precambrian clip joint

Perez Hilton Superfan

ITV2 snaps on proctologist's glove; screams "OMG!!!"; assists tapeworm's passage through fame's lower intestine

It's All About Amy

No it ain't, babes. No it ain't

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