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Jennifer Turner

The problem with the word "Jew" is that it has at least two distinct meanings. People make fun of religion but then they stop at Jews because they think they are being racist - they don't seem to realise that giving two concepts the same word doesn't make them the same thing! Religious je...

Jennifer Turner

Talking of definitions of place names, I still like this one from Not The Nine O'Clock News: SHOEBURYNESS: The uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom. That one's definitely in "The Meaning of Liff" as well. Douglas Adams and Jo...

Jennifer Turner

Thought this might be of interest. Gameshow watching-and-commenting-thereupon legend Nick Gates offers up his thoughts on watching the recording of a forthcoming episode, and has also uploaded an episode of the South African version, "A Word or 2". Linky linky: http://www.bothersbar.co.uk/

Jennifer Turner

Jason Larsen wrote:Whatever channel that showed Oprah's talk show in the UK in the past made a big mistake by dropping it.

It was Channel 4. It used to be on straight after Countdown.

Jennifer Turner

Well, it looks like there was a split screen effect with a fake "wobble" applied to make it look like a handheld camera, the left-hand side of the screen was frozen to allow someone to sneak in and place the correct balls in the holder. The fake wobble is the really brilliant misdirection ...

Jennifer Turner

JimBentley wrote:I've never owned a mobile phone. Beat that, suckers!

I've never owned a mobile phone AND I've never been to IKEA. So there.

Jennifer Turner

Jennifer is alright I suppose. I'm the right age for the choice of name to have been influenced by the massive success of "Love Story", though my parents deny that was behind it. (Actually, I don't think they would have chosen to name me after a character who snuffs it in her 20s. They're ...

Jennifer Turner

Phil Reynolds wrote:Oh, and as a public service, here's an area of outstanding natural beauty:

He looks like you, with hair. A touch of narcissism there?

Jennifer Turner

If there was a prize for correctly guessing specific rounds' questions given the general topics, I think I would have a good chance of winning said prize. Yes, "Games" was a bit obvious, wasn't it? Only trouble is, about 100 out of 100 would have guessed that one, so you wouldn't score ve...

Jennifer Turner

I have a resting heart rate around 40, which is extremely rare for a woman (quite rare for a man too, but really exceptionally freakish for a woman).

Jennifer Turner

I've truly never seen Star Wars.

Jennifer Turner

Richard Osman did quite clearly say that only the 10 official TV Doctors counted.

Jennifer Turner

Some of you may know the atheist busses: "there probably is no god" And a few of you may know that they were countered with christian busses: "there definitely is a god" And both sides complained to the Advertising Standards Authority accusing the other of incorrect facts. This ...

Jennifer Turner

Bizarro crime spree news, Countdown vaguely implicated:
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/ ... 3A48%3A607

Jennifer Turner

Jason Larsen wrote:That's the guy who won on Millionaire a little while ago, isn't it?

Pat Gibson? Yes indeed - and he's also won Mastermind and the radio show Brain of Britain, which is a unique treble. Quite an Egghead...

Jennifer Turner

Oh no, I'm not suggesting you buy the thing. Just make use of the United Kingdom's many institutions where magazines can be read at one's leisure for free, or "newsagents" as they're known.

Jennifer Turner

With David Tennant and Michelle Ryan on the cover. There's something of interest to Countdowners on page 155...

Jennifer Turner

Douglas Wilson wrote:Cool, does anyone know what presenters were lined up?

Richard Digance, Lesley Garrett, Esther Rantzen, Barry Norman, Tim Rice, Nicholas Owen and Jennie Bond. Most of whom ended up recording pieces for the RW tribute programme instead.

Jennifer Turner

But seriously: no. There are many reasons why it's not a good idea for people to buy unrequested airline tickets for TV presenters. Anyway, there are Thai restaurants in Leeds, so I don't think that obtaining her favourite cuisine is really a problem for her.

Jennifer Turner

Besides, i've recently read that when Carol started she only did every other day checking the numbers. Poor Rachel has had a lot of pressure! I don't think that's true - what's your source? She alternated (probably on recording days rather than broadcast days) with Linda Barrett ( Doctor Linda Barr...

Jennifer Turner

Fame at last for Steven Briers (that's not a valid conundrum, though): http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4087903 ... how_glory/

Jennifer Turner

"Riley embarrassed by Countdown mistakes". I can't find the original story for this one online, so here's Digital Spy's second-hand version: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a144800/ ... takes.html

Jennifer Turner

Follow-up to the executive drenching story from the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... prank.html

Jennifer Turner

Aye, lots of Scottish words are allowed. Scottish lexicographer Phiona Stanley was very good at spotting them.

Jennifer Turner

Ah, this is more like a proper news story! Miffed Carol fan pours iced water over Helen Warner: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1092561_tv_boss_takes_a_soaking And the same story in the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1127092/Raging-Vorderman-fan-delivers-bucke...

Jennifer Turner

Not particularly interesting, but the Southport Visiter (sic) catches up with two former contestants. Well, one former contestant and a former contestant's mum: http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/views ... -22754244/

Jennifer Turner

Carol Vorderman says she has no intention of watching Countdown again, and has no desire to work on TV unless, y'know, someone pays her to: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sh ... 160998.ece

Jennifer Turner

Same story from the Daily Mirror, with an odd choice of photo: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/01/22/countdown-getting-bigger-audiences-since-carol-vorderman-s-departure-115875-21061050/ Channel 4 are spinning this well, but the fact remains that they're comparing ratings from one week in T...

Jennifer Turner

From the Telegraph, Countdown ratings are slightly up on last year's average, football fans and lechers are credited, the fact that TV ratings peak in winter anyway is strangely overlooked: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4311809/Countdowns-new-team-of-Jeff-Stelling-and-Rachel-Riley-im...

Jennifer Turner

Thinking back to my schooldays, surely Rachel is grammatically incorrect in referring to a multiplication as "times by". In this context "times" means "multiplied by" so she is saying "multiplied by by" which is tautology. Carol never made this mistake - perh...

Jennifer Turner

My wife cannot believe Rachel has worn the same pair of shoes over the last 3 or 4 programs. C4 must be paying her very little! What's wrong with wearing the same shoes over 3 or 4 programmes? She should get a pair of Doc Martens, they never go out of fashion and she'll get years of wear out of the...

Jennifer Turner

More reviews... Kathryn Flett in The Observer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/18/television-television Hermione Eyre in The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/countdown-channel-4bra-history-of-christianity-channel-4brcould-you-eat-an-elephant-channel-...

Jennifer Turner

Not impressed with Susie giving so much prominence to the discredited folk etymology of "back to square one". Come on Susie, you're better than that!

Jennifer Turner

Giles Smith in The Times likes Jeff Stelling: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 518574.ece

Jennifer Turner

The Mirror says that Rachel Riley hasn't seen herself on Countdown yet: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/200 ... -21040164/

Jennifer Turner

I didn't want to start a new thread for this, but if you follow this link and click on the first picture in the "Film, Theatre and TV" section, there's a nice slideshow of images of the new Countdown set: http://www.stageone.co.uk/_content/scenic_projects.php I did register to get access t...

Jennifer Turner

Ratings watch... The Mirror, already writing Deso out of history: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/14/1-2m-tune-in-to-new-look-countdown-115875-21039687/ The Telegraph puts a negative spin on the ratings: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4231022/New-version-of-Countdown-...

Jennifer Turner

Hmm, no actually, I had a look at the BARB site, and Conor's final pulled in 2.53 million viewers. You need to look under the last week of May, not June. Ah, sorry about that. I looked at Conor's page on the wiki to find out when his last game was, forgetting that that would have been in C-of-C. 2....

Jennifer Turner

The reason the Lancashire assault course wasn't used is because it is now a three lane course so filming with an empty lane would have looked odd, yes you can't see who's winning but the way they showed the splits on the 2nd show was much better and just to let you know, that assault course is an a...

Jennifer Turner

Surprised that Des I only got 1.8, given his "housewives' favourite" status and the fact that the show had been off air for some months. He must have been getting well over 2m by Spring 2006 (thanks to the exploits of Conor Travers and the fact that the tabs were running a story a day abo...

Jennifer Turner

An opinion piece in the Mirror, bizarre not just for its stereotyping and "alternative" mathematics, but also for the fact that a piece so slight somehow requires an "additional reporting" credit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/more-sport/2009/01/13/rachel-riley-countdown-debut-do...

Jennifer Turner

1.26 million? With all the publicity, I expected it to break 2m. Des the First's debut got 1.8m including timeshift; Des the Second's debut didn't make the C4 weekly top 30 (neither will Jeff Stelling's, it appears) so BARB doesn't provide a figure for that but it was below 2.18m.

Jennifer Turner

Before the new stuff, a note that the Daily Mail's piece from yesterday has been heavily re-written, to the extent that the original writer's name has been removed from it. It still includes the "100, 50 and 3" blunder, though: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1113322/New-Carol...

Jennifer Turner

Manchester freesheet "Metro" is staffed by idiots, says person on internet: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.htm ... page_id=34

Jennifer Turner

The Mirror has some voxpops, though their hack seems terribly confused by the whole thing. Apparently the show is recorded at Leeds University, and Stelling provided a "bombardment of football puns" (well, I suppose "pilgrims' progress" qualifies as a pun). And just how do you ha...

Jennifer Turner

First reaction comes in... this one is a Press Association piece which is has been picked up by just about everyone, but the first obscure regional churn outlet pulled from the hat o'news is the Flintshire Evening leader... http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/latest-entertainment-news/New-Countdown-still...

Jennifer Turner

One small niggle is that while Rachel seems fairly relaxed when she is talking, her stance looks very awkward and I think the letters board needs to be moved up about 3-4 inches, as she is too tall for it. One solution could be for Rachel to go from 4" heels to some flat shoes?? Also would sol...

Jennifer Turner

The BBC asks "what makes a good daytime game show?" - though they clearly haven't noticed that Going For Gold's been revived recently... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7824167.stm

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From yesterday, the Sunday Mercury has a piece with some quotes from Jeff Stelling: http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/tv-news/2009/01/10/out-goes-des-o-connor-and-carol-vorderman-in-comes-rachel-riley-and-sky-sports-star-jeff-stelling-66331-22664348/ On to today, and The Independent ha...

Jennifer Turner

Jeff Stelling inteviewed in the Northern Echo: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/featur ... New_faces/

Jennifer Turner

From the Essex Echo, Rachel's family count down (do you see what they did there?) to their girl's big TV debut: http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/4033813 ... _TV_debut/

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The Mirror claims an EXCLUSIVE with, er... co-host says people should watch the show. That's an EXCLUSIVE, folks! And that bizarre photo with the end of the letters board airbrushed out returns: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/01/09/countdown-exclusive-new-presenter-rachel-riley-urges-fans-...

Jennifer Turner

The Mirror interviews Jeff Stelling: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/01/08/meet-the-new-countdown-host-jeff-stelling-115875-21023838/ The Sun also has a piece today which tells us nothing we didn't already know, though it does have a photo I haven't seen before: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/...

Jennifer Turner

Howard Somerset wrote:googling "sloblock hall" certainly gives numerous references to Carol's home.

And all of them derived from the Sun's original story.

Meanwhile, there's a bit about Rachel Riley toward the bottom of this page: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... nsult.html

Jennifer Turner

Edited highlights of the Radio Times piece can be found in this Press Association article, which has been widely rehashed on the web and in the press: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g_S5fC0fy1LhG4uvAuiIgKNnv11g And here's a follow-up to the Sloblock item with a quote from Car...

Jennifer Turner

For those who are interested...

Some soundbites from Jeff Stelling: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... 4842451.jp

Sun hack makes up a story about Carol Vorderman: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sh ... 098007.ece

Jennifer Turner

Those of you who don't like my criticism of the show should look away now.

That set looks really, really nice.

Jennifer Turner

So basically the judges ranked one of the couples so low that they were guaranteed a place in the final. Brilliant logic. I thought it was the opposite - that one couple were rated so low that they couldn't be saved from being kicked out, and so the phone vote was entirely pointless (at least, that...

Jennifer Turner

Um, it's me, I'm back. Hi. Shall we continue with the Rachel Riley thread? Unfortunately this next story is from the Daily Mail, but anyway...

Rachel Riley's Boyfriend Unveiled: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... Q-173.html

Jennifer Turner

It was a generic "size zero" joke. Got the new girl on a pedestal already? You really are a tedious turd. I suspect you only watch the show to fill yourself the latent anger required for you to have anything to post here. May I suggest the Daily Mail as an excellent alternative outlet for...

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