And another thing…

THE SPOILSPORTS over at the official BBC Doctor Who website have said that the special sneak preview of the Christmas special shown during Children in Need tonight won’t be put online.

Well sod them, then. I did it for them. It looks pretty good.

UPDATE on Saturday at 8.45 am: Turns out I didn’t need to go to the bother. Hat-tip to Padougy who points out that, despite dire warnings to the contrary, the Beeb did, after all post this on the web themselves (and in HD to boot!). Still, it’s the gesture of defiance that counts, isn’t it?

EVERYONE loves BBC’s Children in Need, don’t they? 

No, me neither.

I only watched a bit of it tonight because I wanted to see the special preview of the Doctor Who Christmas special. Am I really the only person in the country who cringes at seeing BBC newsreaders singing and dancing? A musical Eastenders? I feel myself turning red simply typing those words.

The good causes are, of course, worthy and well worth supporting. But is humiliating celebrities and embarrassing their audiences the only way we can get people to donate to charity in this country?

I’ve always suspected that the real reason the Beeb love Children in Need is because it’s cheap to produce. Maybe I’m just jaded. But jaded or not, I know bad TV when I see it, and tonight’s snippet was bad TV.

Apart from Doctor Who, naturally, which actually looked really good.