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Jeremy Lee on Media

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There are two TV series on at the moment and both are notable for the fact that they feature Scotsmen swearing profusely.

 

One features a multi-millionaire cook whose fortune has largely been accrued from the notoriety he has achieved from screeching profanities at people who are unable to cook a flan, amongst other things, to his liking.

 

The other is a powerful series featuring men from 5 Scots risking their lives on a daily basis, and for about 17k a year, in order to fulfil the will of the UK government, whose role is to protect our interests abroad.

 

One is on a public service broadcaster, which is currently waving the begging bowl for public funding; the other is on a relatively low-rent pure entertainment channel.

 

I can only guess that the two people who commissioned these shows were job-swapping that day.

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  February 3, 2009

I suspect as the credit crunch bites, Ramsay will be swearing even more as people stop going to his own restaurants. Glad Ross Kemp went back to Afghanistan - really good telly. It was all a bit tame when he did that Liverpool "Gangs" special. Except when the former drug baron kept calling him "Russ". Which was hilarious. Maybe Sky1 should get a bail out from the Government to match Channel 4's.

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