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I'm back in the UK for a fleeting visit and have had the misfortune to catch some of the new daytime TV shows on both ITV and Channel 4. Specifically, I'm talking about 'Goldenballs' and 'Win My Wage'. Oh dear. Talk about lowest common denominator...

Win My Wage comes across as a low rent version of Deal or No Deal and C4 clearly trying to emulate the same success. No chance. There is no sense of excitement or drama whatsoever.

As for Goldenballs, hosted by a very ropey Jasper Carrott, this is truly appalling. It's basically a glorified version of the game spoof. Poor Jasper looks uncomfortable at best and plain embarrassed at worst. The episode I watched (endured ?) also featured a contestant from Metro newspaper who giggled manically and incredibly agreed with Jaspers assessment that the paper was nothing more than "litter by 5 o'clock". Can't imagine she'll be that popular when she gets back to the office...

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