THE VOICE /BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT / TITANIC.

The late spring big weekend features on TV before the summer season starts has been upon us
for another year. THE VOICE, the new Saturday biggie is quite entertaining with professional
singers performing for four Big Stars who can't see them until they press a button to swing their
chairs around indicating they would like to mentor them for the big prize. There are  back-stories
but at the start only we know them. The idea is good and very watchable. Will it continue in
this successful process. Who knows ? Somebody has got to win but from this point it's success
will be how they get there, and will it keep us glued to our screens.
BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT upped it's game especially with the judges. Simon Cowell and David Walliams
make a great double act and the two ladies add the glamour. The acts seem to be upgraded as well, even
the bad ones are really bad. Five minutes of fame! That's what they want and that's what they get even if
David Walliams hilariously seems to like them and votes "Yes" to the disdain of Mr Cowell which
usually elicits gales of laughter from Alisha Dixon....Oh yes...This show is fun.
TITANIC was a little disappointing coming from the pen of Julian Fellows after Downton Abbey.It
was a bit ho-hum,seen and heard it all before. It wasn't alone  for there were many other Titanic
programmes , some of them, especially the Drama Documentaries, better than this. It had a problem
with SILENT WITNESS, gory and bloody, on the BBC there fore it's rating weren't quite what
was expected. Too disjointed and the fact that you had to remember the participents in previous
episodes to fully appreciate the whole series was a mistake....I somehow could't grasp it all and then,
of course, I knew the ending!  Also some factual persons and some guessed at does point to more
drama soap that drama reality. What will they put on TV during the summer months when all these
programmes finish? I feel with all the cutbacks I will be complaining about fill-in programmes and
tedious repeats.....but I could be wrong......Look at that flying pig!!!!

DANCING ON ICE PROBLEMS.

DANCING ON ICE.

A very apt title at the moment as this popular programme is slowly losing viewers as
is the case on most reality Celebrity shows.  The rules keep changing every week , last
week they lost a very edgy skater much to the detriment of future programmes. I beleive
they are playing around with it again next week so another good skater could bite the ice!
The real problems are that we have a good idea of who'se going to win(It's one of two)and
that does take away surprise.The judges are all a bit nice showing that Mr Bad Guy, Jason
Gardener was more popular than we think. Phillip Schofield, one of my favourite presenters,
is also doing strange things to liven things up. This is not necessary. The programme has lost some
of it's sparkle and , sadly, some real celebrity guests. I suppose lots of celebs do not want to
end up in hospital. I don't blame them.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW..CHRISTMAS TV.

With X Factor,Junior Apprentice, Masterchef and Strictly come dancing ending before Christmas, viewing seems bleak this year. The X Factor has followed it's sorry path to almost oblivion with Littlemix being the favourite to win. It's all down to that first single getting to Number one and the follow-up doing well to open the door to a successful first album. Excitement has been limited and the judges have not been of a very high standard Next year.....Maybe. STRICTLY. A few programmes left for the dancing extravaganza which has been more amusing than exciting and the final five are about as good as each other. The winner gets a Mirror ball and a few BBC bookings. The judges have certainly upped their game this year although in a bizarre way. Do we take this programme seriously? Of course not. It's the celebrities that count. Russell Grant was the star we watched and laughed at, but for actual Ballroom Dancing it is the professionals that should be the stars. A little more formatting required. CHRISTMAS TV. Without these familiar programmes TV this Christmas has certainly concentrated on Films, especially the animated sort. They're all over the place.Who needs to buy or rent these films when you can guarantee their appearance on TV next Cchristmas. Downton Abbey Christmas Special is on Christmas Day and Micheal Buble has a Christmas treat for an hour earlier in the week. One episode of AD FAB and that's the end of the Christmas Cherries on offer. There are a few intelligent documentaries that are worth searching out and the usual list programmes....50 famous moments....100 famous clips...you know the sort of thing. You can complain about this sort of festive treatment but I'm afraid things ain't what they used to be. We don't watch Television like we used to at Christmas, and many of us, switch channels all the time and they're plenty of channels. Ah well......Radio's good. Which reminds me you can tune in to me for the EASY LISTENING SHOW (Christmas Version) this Tuesday evening 8-10pm on TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK. AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE. I will be playing the BEST of Christmas music by Sinatra,Dino. Doris,Andy Williams,etc etc. I'll be very happy if you do!!