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Christmas TV shows and their Christmas present equivalents

TV Feature | Rob Young | 23rd December 2013

A while back I said to Ed we should do something about Christmas telly, like a rundown of what's on over the festive period. And he said, in a J. Jonah Jameson kind of way: "We need a gag, you fool; a reason for it to exist!" I imagine he was smoking a cigar at that point. So here is that reason. I've scoured the pages of the Sunday Times' two-week Christmas Culture magazine to find the best/funniest/stupidest things on television. And I'm going to compare them with Christmas presents. Stay with me: this is definitely a thing.

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Giamatti Downton role to comprise one photobomb

TV News | Ed Williamson | 5th December 2013

"His schedule was a bit tight, so we just got him to photobomb Shirley MacLaine and the guy who was a paedo headmaster in that episode of Cracker," confirmed Julian Fellowes, through mouthfuls of roast swan. "His hat is from my own collection. It is fashioned from pure gold."

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Giamatti to turn Downton into quirky indie flick

TV News | Ed Williamson | 24th June 2013

Following its casting of Paul Giamatti, Downton Abbey is to become one of those endearingly quirky indie comedy-dramas he's always bloody in, it has emerged.

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HM Prison Service to pilot Downton-inspired 'Jolly Nice Gaols'

TV News | Ed Williamson | 22nd October 2012

The prison in which Bates is serving his time in Downton Abbey is so wonderfully nice and cosy that HM Prison Service is to trial a new facility based on it, a spokesperson has confirmed.

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Sunday viewing figures reveal Broken Britain

TV News | Ed Williamson | 8th October 2012

Some people just don't deserve a TV set.

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See how you bloody like it, US Downton Abbey fans told

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 12th September 2012

American fans moaning about having to wait till January to watch series three of Downton Abbey have been roundly encouraged by British viewers to pour themselves a nice tall glass of shut-the-hell-up juice.

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Digital Spy trend: people who want to be on Downton Abbey

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 19th April 2012

Every bugger and their dog wants to be on Downton Abbey, according to Digital Spy. We rounded them up and, well, just looked at them for a bit really.

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Top 20 TV shows of 2011

TV Feature | Ed Williamson, Matt Looker, Kirsty Harrison, Alex Gregg, Luke Whiston, Ali Gray | 31st December 2011

You like lists, right? Especially ones that tell you what to think? Step inside, reader: here's the best TV shows of the year, determined by people vaguely qualified to do so.

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Downton Abbey Christmas special shown early in North Korea

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 20th December 2011

With morale low in North Korea, the UN has sent an advance copy of the Downton Abbey Christmas special to Pyongyang.

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DVD weekly: Abbeys, families and This Is Jinsys

TV Feature | Matt Looker | 9th November 2011

Welcome to this week's rundown of the new telly show releases on DVD and Blu-ray. You got money? You got a DVD player? You got such low self-esteem that you'll choose your purchases based on our opinion? Step this way, friend.

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