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23 Apr 2013
Last night, amateur sleuths all across the country were rewarded for eight weeks' worth of patience as ITV's superior crime drama Broadchurch (9pm) came to a close.
18 Apr 2013
Wednesday night brought another bothersome work/life balancing act for distracted crime fighting duo Scott & Bailey (ITV, 9pm), as the third series continued.
17 Apr 2013
Last night brought the penultimate episode of TV's most barmy and brutal competition since Takeshi's Castle - yes, it was knitting needles at dawn as The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC Two, 8pm) stormed towards the final hurdle.
16 Apr 2013
Monday, usually the most monotonous of days, was given a welcome shake up thanks to a British institution breaking a few pesky rules and brightening up last night's schedule.
The BBC's extremely controversial edition of Panorama - North Korea Undercover (BBC One, 9pm) saw their reporters hijack a student's visit to the country under the grip of Kim Jong-un's totalitarian dictatorship.
15 Apr 2013
Saturday night saw ITV take another victory in the on-going battle with the BBC, siccing their most vacuous and piercingly gaudy programmes on each other.
12 Apr 2013
Thursday night saw Victoria Wood's epic globe-trotting quest (to ramble on about tea in expensive locations) come to an end. Tightening the budget slightly, the second night of the frivolous odyssey saw the comedy stalwart stick closer to home, swapping the stunning tea fields of Sri Lanka for Yorkshire.
11 Apr 2013
Just when you thought the BBC prime time schedule couldn't get any more twee, hysterically adored comedian Victoria Wood was back on our screen last night to educate us about something really important.
10 Apr 2013
Tuesday evening brought another exciting instalment of Channel 4's latest attempt to push the boundaries of the televisual medium, as Bedtime Live (8pm) celebrated its ground-breaking fourth episode.
09 Apr 2013
As news of Baroness Thatcher's death spread across the internet like wildfire yesterday afternoon, TV executives were frantic - hastily patching together televisual memorials for the viewing public.
08 Apr 2013
Despite the combined force of Will.i.am's stellar side quiff and the Eleventh Doctor's whimsical horseplay, the day's biggest hit came in the form of the bright and shiny commercialism of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV).
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