Doc of the Day: Horizon – The Truth About Fat

HORIZON – THE TRUTH ABOUT FAT: Tuesday 20th March, BBC2, 9pm So it’s official – we are a nation of fatties. But according to Horizon it may not all be our fault. Hurrah! Let’s sit back and tuck into another slice of pizza, while Gabriel Weston – a surgeon who has performed operations of some [...]

Pick of the Day: The Little Paris Kitchen – Cooking With Rachel Khoo

THE LITTLE PARIS KITCHEN – COOKING WITH RACHEL KHOO: Monday 19th March, BBC2, 8.30pm (1/6) You can’t move for cookery shows on TV these days. We’ve got Gordon Ramsey shouting at Americans, Jamie Oliver shouting at fat Americans and don’t get us started on those Fabulous Baker Boys. But while we produce enough TV chefs [...]

Pick of the Day: Formula One – Australian Grand Prix

LIVE FORMULA ONE MOTOR-RACING – AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX: Sunday 18th March, BBC1, 2pm After several decades residing on one terrestrial channel or another, Formula One has finally been snapped up by SKY and Murdoch’s phone-tapping, horse-borrowing henchmen will be broadcasting every race live in 2012. They’ve even set up a dedicated Formula One Channel.. Sky [...]

Pick of the Day: England vs Ireland on St Patrick’s Day

LIVE SIX NATIONS RUGBY – ENGLAND vs IRELAND: Saturday 17th March, KO 5pm, BBC1 There are literally hundreds of tenuous excuses for excessive drinking in modern Britain. Bank holidays, Halloween, the failing economy, the national football team.. the list is endless. But the most famous of the lot has to be St Patrick’s Day, the [...]

Film of the Day: Dorian Gray

DORIAN GRAY: Saturday 17th March, FilmFour, 9pm Period horror based on the famous novel by Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray is a bold modern take on the 19th century classic, in which style just about makes up for what some might call a lack of substance. As the well-read among you will know, the plot revolves [...]