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Old 03-03-2010, 06:32 PM #14
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Originally Posted by Shaun View Post
I can't think of one ITV show I like.

BBC, however, has Jonathan Ross, Being Human, QI, Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Beautiful People, The Bubble, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Psychoville, and it screened some of my favourite shows of all time (The Office, Extras, Fawlty Towers...)
It's funny to think that even back in the day, the BBC could brag about having Cook & Moore, Monty Python and Fawlty Towers while ITV had... err Love Thy Neighbour.
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