Another candidate for afternoon TV
March 20, 2007
Help! My Dog’s as Fat as Me, Tues 27th March, 7.30 pm, BBC Three (ok, this is just into evening tv)
A weight loss show in which owners and their dogs aim to lose weight together. Really, what do BBC Three ideas people do? Use those word fridge magnets, and make programmes out of random arrangements? Picture the meeting now:
“Cat” and “Sun” – “No”
“Dog” and “Fat” – “Excellent, we can have an early lunch now”
Holly
No, they have a giant pool containing three manatees (nautical slang: the sea cow) and a selection of floating balls with various key words attached. The manatees, over the course of their lifetime, naturally gravitate towards the balls, picking and placing them in strategically placed holes located at the edge of the tanks. Once the beeb have collected three ’spheres of creativity’, for example: SODOMY – A XYLOPHONE – ENVY the astute team of writers at BBC towers then compile the programming lists all thanks to a bunch of fat seals. The new series of Ideal starts tonight on BBC3.
Best(est).