Midsomer Murders: The Village Green Preservation Society

"If it's incest, blackmail, lesbianism, homosexuality... terrific, put it in, because people can believe that people can murder for any of those reasons."

Brian True-May, co-creator and producer of Midsomer Murders.
True-May said the above in an interview with Radio Times in which he also explained that the series "wouldn't work" if there was any racial diversity portrayed in village life in Midsomer; "We just don't have ethnic minorities involved. Because it wouldn't be the English village with them. It just wouldn't work. Suddenly we might be in Slough... We're the last bastion of Englishness and I want to keep it that way."
An ITV spokesman said they were "shocked and appalled" by his comment about race, and True-May has been suspended by the production comapny, All3Media.

The Savoy: Waiter, There's A Fly On My Wall

Fagburn doesn't own a TV.
Why? Cause I'm a rebel!
But I'm staying at someone else's house this week and last night that new two-part fly-on-the-wall docuthingy The Savoy was on ITV1.
As it's set in a hotel, many of the male staff are raving old queens who like playing it up for the cameras and generally coming on like Comedy Gays in a 1970s sitcom.
That is my review.
I might watch Crimewatch later.

Poll: UK Catholics Hate Pope, Like Homos

A shock new poll for ITV's Tonight Programme shows British Roman Catholics believe that official Catholic dogma is a load of medieval old nonsense on a stick.
And more Catholics are now calling for Pope Benedict's resignation, than think homosexuality is wrong.
A massive 41% said that both gay and straight relationships should be celebrated.
While only a piss poor 11% of Catholics said they support church doctrine that homosexual acts were morally wrong.
11% is clearly the current the baseline level of fundamentalist Catholic nutters - exactly the same percentage said they agreed with the doctrine that abortion should only be allowed as an indirect consequence of lifesaving treatment.
A miniscule 4% believe contraception is wrong.
But 71% said it should be used more often to avoid disease and unwanted pregnancies.
A whopping 87% believe that the child abuse scandals have permanently damaged the reputation of the Catholic Church.
72% said the Pope should remain in his position - with 14% saying he should stand down.
Which means - officially, scientifically and absolutely unequivocally - that more British Roman Catholics hate the Pope (14%) than hate homosexuality (11%).
You do the math/s.