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UK TV has never sensibly shown The Practice. I first discovered it via an Ally McBeal cross-over episode. The case began in an episode of Ally McBeal, and then continued in an episode of The Practice. In the US I believe the second half ran immediately after the first half (albeit on a different network, [...]

Later this month, the BBC will launch a pilot project that could lead to all television programmes being made available on the internet. Viewers will be able to scan an online guide and download any show. The plan is to make all television programmes from the previous week available on the internet, using a programme [...]

I recently bought a new DVD player. The one I had from back in 1998 or so has held up reasonably well, but had started sticking or jumping on an increasing number of discs. It also wouldn’t play some VCDs (particularly ones I made myself), and couldn’t play MP3s at all. The player I was [...]

Recently I’ve been playing a lot with BitTorrent, downloading US TV series, burning them to CD, and watching them with my DVD player. Some of the new series have been rather good, and it could be years before they ever reach the UK - if at all. We’re only just reached Season 3 of The [...]

Once upon a time lots of singles would be released with lots of extra B-Sides. It was quite common that a single release would comprise of 2 CD singles, each with 3 bonus tracks, a 12″ with another 3, and a 7″/cassingle with yet another, thus hooking fans and collectors into purchasing all 4, but [...]

To get into the Top 10 list of the Television Sets per Population, your country needs to have over 635 televisions per 1000 people.
To make it to the top of the list, you need to have over 1.2 televisions per person, so that you can displace Christmas Island!