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Just seen the Come Dine With Me from the other night and it was one of the funniest programmes I've ever watched. Fashanu  ;D

 

Get in. It was immense. I may buy a '4 Palmer' England shirt with my winnings....

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Tuesday 15 June

 

12:15pm - 2:30pm, World Cup MOTD Live: New Zealand v Slovakia

BBC1

Clash of the Titans match in this year's World Cup

 

 

2:30pm - 5:00pm, World Cup Live: Ivory Coast v Portugal

ITV1

Cristiano Ronaldo kicks the new WC ball three miles out of the stadium.

 

 

6:30pm - 7:00pm, World Cup: Countdown to Kick-Off

ITV4

Chiles & Co. talk shit uncomfortably

 

 

7:00pm - 9:30pm, World Cup Live: Brazil v North Korea

ITV1

Brazil coast to a 10-0 victory (1-3 in N. Korea)

 

 

9:30pm - 10:00pm, James Corden's World Cup Live

ITV1

Arsehole tries to be funny. Tonight's unfortunate chumps are Pixie Lott, Jimmy Greaves, Eamonn Holmes.

 

 

9:30pm - 10:00pm, Football's Greatest

Sky Sports 1

Tonight: Ruud Gullit, who played in the Dutch, Italian and English top flights, winning the European Cup twice with AC Milan and was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1987. Bought Marcelino for 6m quid. Genius.

 

 

10:00pm - 10:30pm, World Cup Report

Sky Sports 1

News, talking points and analysis of the major World Cup issues from South Africa.

 

 

10:35pm - 11:35pm, World Cup Highlights

ITV1

Matt Smith presents highlights of today's action. Two teams with designs on going all the way to the final meet as Portugal take on the Ivory Coast in Group G. Meanwhile, Brazil begin their campaign against unknown quantity North Korea, and underdogs New Zealand face Slovakia.

 

 

11:45pm - 12:45am, WAGs, Kids and World Cup Dreams

BBC3

5/5

Five WAGs experience the reality of life behind the World Cup gloss by working in some of the poorest, most deprived neighbourhoods in South Africa. Chantelle Tagoe, Ellie Darby, Elen Rivas, Amii Grove and Imogen Thomas face the stark reality of the orphan crisis, HIV pandemic and social breakdown there. The girls return to the UK, but how has the experience transformed their lives and what will they do next to help the people they met in South Africa?

 

 

Think that's it.

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Wednesday 16 June

 

12:10pm - 2:30pm, World Cup Live: Honduras v Chile

ITV1

Adrian Chiles & team patronise Honduras for two hours.

 

 

2:30pm - 5:15pm, World Cup MOTD Live: Spain v Switzerland

BBC1

Torres' freckles threaten to take over the galaxy.

 

 

7:00pm - 10:00pm, World Cup MOTD Live: South Africa v Uruguay

BBC1

The combined sound of 80,000 vuvuzelas deafens this evening's pundits Cheryl Cole and Robert Mugabe.

 

 

10:00pm - 10:30pm, MOTD 2010 FIFA World Cup

BBC2

With the treacherous Colin Murray.

 

 

10:30pm - 11:00pm, Football's Greatest

Sky Sports 1

Mercurial Brazilian midfielder Rivelino was part of the South Americans' 1970 World Cup winning side. He spent most of his playing career with Corinthians, scoring over 100 goals. He is also a superb darts player and once beat Eric Bristow in a boiled egg-eating contest.

 

 

10:35pm - 11:35pm, World Cup Highlights

ITV1

Matt Smith dumps the bodies of prostitutes behind his local laundrette.

 

 

12:20am - 1:20am, Football's Next Star

Sky1

Football reality series which follows a group of young British and Irish players as they compete for a one year contract with Serie A side Inter Milan. Only eight footballers are still in the running for the dream contract with the Italian side, but an injury threatens one player's chances.

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Thursday 17 June

 

 

12:10pm - 2:30pm, World Cup Live: Argentina v South Korea

ITV1

 

 

2:45pm - 5:15pm, World Cup MOTD Live: Greece v Nigeria

BBC1

 

 

7:00pm - 10:00pm, World Cup MOTD Live: France v Mexico

BBC1

 

Plus usual highlights shows and bullshit.

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Friday 18 June

 

12:15pm - 2:40pm, World Cup MOTD Live: Germany v Serbia

BBC1

The German cybermen continue their domination of the world...of football.

 

 

2:45pm - 5:15pm, World Cup MOTD Live: Slovenia v USA

BBC1

Yanks get humiliated by tiny country.

 

 

6:30pm - 9:45pm, World Cup Live: England v Algeria

ITV1

All England--excluding Sunderland--are behind the three lions for tonight's crucial fixture.

 

 

9:45pm - 10:15pm, James Corden's World Cup Live

ITV1

The unfunny fatman's guests tonight are Russell Brand, Noel Gallagher and David Seaman.

 

 

10:00pm - 10:30pm, MOTD 2010 FIFA World Cup

BBC2

Colin Murray wonders where the fuck Pat Nevin got to.

 

 

10:50pm - 11:50pm, World Cup Highlights

ITV1

Adrian Chiles recalls fondly the times he spent watching Christine Bleakley's sideboob.

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There's a Zidane thing tonight on BBC2 has it been on before and if so was it good?

 

It's meant to be canny:

 

Zidane: a 21st Century Portrait

 

12:50am - 2:20am

BBC2

 

Following the lead of Hellmuth Costard's 1971 study of George Best, Football like Never Before, this audacious documentary tracks Zinédine Zidane for the duration of a La Liga game between Real Madrid and Villareal in April 2005. Technically, the film draws attention to itself far too often, with its tricksy shifts between camera angles (courtesy of Se7en cinematographer Darius Khondji) and distances. But, as a study in sporting concentration and an avant-garde experiment in spatial disorientation, it's as compelling as it is impressive. Particularly striking is the unswerving intensity that seems to isolate Zidane from his team-mates, as he rarely calls for the ball or issues instructions throughout the match. Indeed, he remains emotionless - apart from a grin at Roberto Carlos just before joining the goalmouth mêlée that results in him being sent off. Revealing the flaws as well as the genius, this is clearly a portrait of an artist at work.

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There's a Zidane thing tonight on BBC2 has it been on before and if so was it good?

 

It's meant to be canny:

 

Zidane: a 21st Century Portrait

 

12:50am - 2:20am

BBC2

 

Following the lead of Hellmuth Costard's 1971 study of George Best, Football like Never Before, this audacious documentary tracks Zinédine Zidane for the duration of a La Liga game between Real Madrid and Villareal in April 2005. Technically, the film draws attention to itself far too often, with its tricksy shifts between camera angles (courtesy of Se7en cinematographer Darius Khondji) and distances. But, as a study in sporting concentration and an avant-garde experiment in spatial disorientation, it's as compelling as it is impressive. Particularly striking is the unswerving intensity that seems to isolate Zidane from his team-mates, as he rarely calls for the ball or issues instructions throughout the match. Indeed, he remains emotionless - apart from a grin at Roberto Carlos just before joining the goalmouth mêlée that results in him being sent off. Revealing the flaws as well as the genius, this is clearly a portrait of an artist at work.

 

I'll give it a watch I think.

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It's clearly meant for some twaty art installation somewhere, but it was quite interesting in its way. Surprised how little he said in the course of a match and actually how little of the ball he really saw.

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It's clearly meant for some twaty art installation somewhere, but it was quite interesting in its way. Surprised how little he said in the course of a match and actually how little of the ball he really saw.

 

Yeah, I can understand how some people might have found the film to be a bit boring, but I also found it quite interesting. Was it just me or did he say "hey" quite a lot throughout? Nevertheless, the man is a class act.

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Decent documentary aired on ESPN a couple nights back here in the US called  The Two Escobars about football in Colombia in the 90s, the drug cartels, and the killing of Andrés Escobar.

 

Really recommend catching it if you can if only to see the interviews with Asprilla, Valderrama, Higuita. What a terrific group of players they had.

 

I hadn't realized that the players had received death threats right from the beginning of the tournament. Something about the players being killed if the wrong player started the opening match versus Romania.  A lot of drug money was being laundered through the Colombian league clubs and cartels were competing to ensure that their players-- the one's contracted to one club or another--- and not those of their competitors started and were put in the shop window---it wasall about increasing their sale value.

 

Pretty sure that Brian Glanville still maintains that the Colombians threw the match against the USA.

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