MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG SHOW,
BBC1, 8.20pm
OF course Michael McIntyre is annoying. He starts this show in a pair of goggles, then bounds around the stage laughing and throwing his arms around. Yep, annoying, but it’s Saturday night and it’s slim pickings on the telly. One takes what one can get...
He starts with a jolly rant about how annoying children are, and how reluctant they are to wear pants and jumpers. But this doesn’t last too long, and soon his guests come on stage. Oh, the relief!
But wait ... Marvin and Rochelle are the first two celebrity guests. Who are they? Who knows? They hand over their mobiles for the Send To All feature of the show.
There is a bit of respite when we have a musical performance from The Vamps.
All the glitzy celebrity shouting and laughing calms down a bit when we have the Unexpected Star segment, where an innocent member of the public is pranked when he’s made to think he’s appearing in a cowboy-themed perfume advert.
THROUGH THE KEYHOLE,
STV, 9.50pm
OK, are there any cheesy series from the 80s and 90s which haven’t been revived? I thought they were really scraping the barrel when Surprise Surprise came back, but apparently not because here’s another new series of Through The Keyhole.
The manic Keith Lemon is your presenter, replacing the late David Frost, whose manner was far more mild and soothing.
I don’t think this show has the same appeal, as the idea of celebrity has been so trashed and dumbed-down. Celebs are everywhere, in every paper and magazine, and most of them surely have Instagram accounts where they just can’t wait to show off their fancy homes, cars and swimming pools. Their mystique has gone.
The fifth series starts tonight and the episode is an I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! special.
The panel includes Jimmy Carr, ex-jungle contestant Stacey Solomon, Myleene Klass and Tony Blackburn.
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