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Dreadful Nonsense

"I've read your blog. it's really funny. you should write a column." - Jon Ronson

Second go. French TV, as far as we can tell from the seven channels that we have in the hotel room, seems to be made up of two things - American imports dubbed into or subtitled with French, or game shows too terrifying to watch the whole way through.

Susan has developed a particular fascination with one show called Bigdil, which is hosted by a man who is a cross between Timmy Malett and Michael Barrymore, with all the charm and dignity of Chris Evans. Through the HOUR AND A HALF that this show runs, he makes hand picked members of the audience do Generation Game style stunts that they are either really good or really bad at. And then gives them strange prizes that have nothing to do with their achievements - we watched in astonishment as one man was given a car for dancing on the spot for 10 seconds.

Too tired to post any more. Must go die in a corner.

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