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Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 29 January 31, 2009

Normal programming for Wendy’s Week of TV will resume “after the tennis” (a phrase incidentally which Wendy will be happy never to hear again after Sunday’s dream Federer v Nadal men’s final). This week,however Wendy’s Week of TV has defaulted in lieu of her tennis watching obsession which included being swept up in the Jelena […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 29

Normal programming for Wendy’s Week of TV will resume “after the tennis” (a phrase incidentally which Wendy will be happy never to hear again after Sunday’s dream Federer v Nadal men’s final). This week,however Wendy’s Week of TV has defaulted in lieu of her tennis watching obsession which included being swept up in the Jelena […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 28 January 23, 2009

Tennis: I love watching the tennis. Next year I am going to get organised and take holidays for the two weeks of the Australian Open. Mind you, I say this every year and always forget. Mainly because by the time the year ends I’m so desperate for holidays I book them in too early. So, […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 28

Tennis: I love watching the tennis. Next year I am going to get organised and take holidays for the two weeks of the Australian Open. Mind you, I say this every year and always forget. Mainly because by the time the year ends I’m so desperate for holidays I book them in too early. So, […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 27 January 17, 2009

Monday: The Big Bang TheoryI had briefly caught this summer filler a couple of weeks ago and thought I would give it a full half hour of my attention. I’m just not sure if I’m comfortable with the basic premise that science postgraduates and researchers are innately comic because they are written as stereotypical nerds. […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 27

Monday: The Big Bang TheoryI had briefly caught this summer filler a couple of weeks ago and thought I would give it a full half hour of my attention. I’m just not sure if I’m comfortable with the basic premise that science postgraduates and researchers are innately comic because they are written as stereotypical nerds. […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 26 January 11, 2009

Tuesday: you guessed it… Father Ted…hurrah. Lent combined with the nuns’ helpline to assist Ted, Dougal and Jack give up their respective vices made for yet some more fabulous laughs. Wednesday: The New Adventures of Old ChristineWhat’s wonderful about summer TV is that sometimes, suddenly and most unexpectedly a show will appear, and then just […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 26

Tuesday: you guessed it… Father Ted…hurrah. Lent combined with the nuns’ helpline to assist Ted, Dougal and Jack give up their respective vices made for yet some more fabulous laughs. Wednesday: The New Adventures of Old ChristineWhat’s wonderful about summer TV is that sometimes, suddenly and most unexpectedly a show will appear, and then just […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 25 January 3, 2009

It’s been a strange old week of TV, given that I haven’t watched much of it yet again. But here were the highlights. The Cricket: I settled in for the absorbing contest of the Boxing Day Test. I’m slightly worried that one day I will be branded as un-Australian, because I actually like to see […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 25

It’s been a strange old week of TV, given that I haven’t watched much of it yet again. But here were the highlights. The Cricket: I settled in for the absorbing contest of the Boxing Day Test. I’m slightly worried that one day I will be branded as un-Australian, because I actually like to see […]