Wow. Enough said.

You may recall from previous posts that I’m not to keen on David Pleat, nor do I really like ITV all that much.

After the ratings crisis they’ve gone through, they’ve decided that getting rid of Pleat (seemingly) is the answer. Not a bad first move by any stretch and it certainly gets my vote - but I doubt it’ll save the station.

What’s more, the BBC have nabbed him for 5 Live Radio. WHY?

Sky News Once again…

Here is a list of the greatest one-liners in British TV history:

1. Phoenix Nights, Brian Potter: “Garlic bread - it’s the future, I’ve tasted it.”

2. The Mrs Merton Show, Mrs Merton to Debbie McGee: “So, what first attracted you to millionaire Paul Daniels?”

3. The Office, David Brent: “If you were to ask me to name three geniuses, I probably wouldn’t say Einstein, Newton… I’d go Milligan, Cleese, Everett, Sessions…”

4. Father Ted, Father Ted: “I’m not a fascist. I’m a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do. Whereas priests… more drink?”

5. Blackadder, Edmund Blackadder: “He’s mad! He’s mad. He’s madder than Mad Jack McMad, the winner of this year’s Mr Madman competition.”

6. Only Fools And Horses, Trigger: “If it’s a girl they’re gonna name it Sigourney after an actress, and if it’s a boy they’re gonna name him Rodney after Dave.”

7. Absolutely Fabulous, Patsy: “One more facelift on this one and she’ll have a beard.”

8. Fawlty Towers, Basil Fawlty: (two guests are speaking to Basil in German) “Oh, German. I’m sorry, I thought there was something wrong with you.”

9. I’m Alan Partridge, Alan Partridge: “I’m going nowhere, Lynn. Quite literally, I’m on the ring road.”

10. Vicar of Dibley, Geraldine Granger: “You were expecting a bloke with a beard, a bible and bad breath. You’ve got a babe with a bob cut and a magnificent bosom.”

Well, I’m not sure which should come first - the groveling for the grammar and spelling in the previous couple of entries, or the amount of time that’s passed since my last entry.

After one oft he most gruelling weeks of my life, I’m hoping relative normality can be restored from now on, enabling me to post a little more here and there.

What’s normal about taking a liking to ‘Love Don’t Let Me Go’ by David Guetta Vs. The Egg’ I don’t quite know, but never mind.

Watched a little football this evening - yes, in the madness of it all, the football season began once again in my absence. I watched Preston North End tonight, and even on the basis of one game (they beat Wolves away 3-1) I have to say, if they aren’t there or there abouts come the end of the season, I’ll eat my arm.

Not because the match really blew me away, they just seem to have all the right elements. Paul Simpson, a young and hungry manager that’s done so much over the past few seasons, for one. After taking the reigns as Carlisle United Manager following a great playing career, he took them to promotion from the Football Conference in one season, to League Two CHAMPIONS the very next, no small task to mastermind such an achievement with the side that were once regarded as the lower-league’s whipping boys.

Unsurprisingly, he was plucked by a higher-division club and Preston was his destination, and he seems to be getting off to a brilliant start there. There don’t seem to be many old and past it, just in it for the money kind of players there - one look at the fantastic David Nugent will tell you that much.

Maybe early days, but you heard it hear first!

Thanks to MSN Entertainment…

ITV1 has slumped to its worst ever monthly audience figures. The channel attracted an audience share of just 16.7% for July. And guess what has contributed to the ratings slide? Love Island.

The second series launch (with the word ‘celebrity’ quietly and tellingly dropped from the title) featuring Sophie Anderton and Shane Lynch was beaten in the ratings by Channel 4’s Big Brother and the BBC’s Only Fools On Horses.

Other disappointments include Phillip Schofield’s flop show It’s Now Or Never (pulled from primetime Saturday night after one episode), Prehistoric Park (which has seen its ratings fall from 3.3 million to 2.5 million by episode two) and ITV1’s coverage of the World Cup final (it was beaten five viewers to one by the BBC).

The rot has been a long time coming thanks to some high-profile failures (Celebrity Wrestling anyone? Fat Families?) and ITV chief executive Charles Allen is under pressure to quit.