TV
PREVIEW
Naked
BBCZ, 4 Nov, 9.50pm.
If you're the sort that gets upset at the .slrghtest glzmpse of hare hutto<k flashrng arr'oss your TV s(r‘een, BBC 2's ne\'.' four-part ser‘res Naked rs proha‘ply not for you In rts guest to unrover people's relatronshrps mth therr podres from adoles<ence rrght through to old age, the programme reveals more flesh than a naturlst mum on. a hot summers day
On the other hand, anyone tunrng rn for graturtous shots of trts and burns (an loos elsewhere The hra'n-(hrid of art-srhooi graduate lacy Bialsstau, the series rs a posrt'\.«'e|y tasteful study of the human forrn r". all 'ts assorted shapes and sr/es Steerrng \'.e?‘ (lear of the (urr‘ent trend to\.'v.'ards no-frrlls fly- on-the-txall dors of the Iced that drs(o‘.rere(I Jane Ierona d, B|a<stad (aresses every (rease and pore e‘ he" sthe(ts to (reate what 's prartrra‘ly a IeIewsuaI Reut)er‘s
‘Ohvrously the (ontent al‘t.'.ays (o'nes frrst,’ says pr‘odure',/dr'e<to" Blakstau But to my nttr‘d 't's te!e‘-.'s.on not rado and therefore rt's "we to expe" rrrent \‘thh the yrsaai sroe Espeea'ly as a -ot of peoples self—r)<“'<(‘-_r)tro"s o‘ t"e hody are very rnurh ted at) t" that t"ey rook Irke
Having :nte'“.re'.'.ed around -1()() people for each film, wound up ‘~.‘.'th a (ore groap of subjects fron‘. \.'.:id|y saryrrig '-<s ot Irfe, but all ;ng to strzp o’" to some degree and drsr uss t"e' prts
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Soapbox
Freezers, sharks and trannies: nothing’s ever normal in Soapland.
Anne Malone: frozen out of Corrie
Poor 'Ayley bound to go doxzn r: Coronation Street's h:sto"y not on y as the shox'fs first transsexual, nut jUSI about the only person exer to leave Janrre Battershy ‘ost for unords
After her shork revelatzor‘ 'r‘ I.Irl<e Baldvtrrrr's undenzrnrr far tory that she'd tr‘red both y-fronts and pantres n 'r‘er‘ trme, the Rovers was I)u//:"g t." every (ornrr eupl=ernsm the nunters (ouId rorr7e up art“ But dear old Roy's hurt en2I)ar'r‘assr“ent atte".'.ar‘ds \.'.‘as more pa'nful than all true :okes The s<andal even overshado‘c.ed t"e 'erer‘t drsromery of mad super"‘a'-<et manager Anne Lla‘orte st“ as a ‘zs'r‘r frnger rrt the store's deep free/e, a stor‘ylrne haunteu hy the rr‘ss "g ‘gm‘e of (iurIy Watts, < early gest neg to ' aye heen I’rur e Suspett r>efor'e t"e (K tor's
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g= rr‘pses o" the ()"1gth p ot ne" r‘d t“e story, ‘.'-."tr< h "ad to he rapper: up ‘.'.III‘: tr‘derent "taste
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St II, as ‘\.'.ays to lease the (ast go, I)("‘(}(ILII(KI’D/(’71(X‘ATSQOZIHK; gummed to ueatr‘ ny ar‘ extrerr‘e‘v pathetrr shark, as "appened to t"e ghastly Melrnoa T"- Sunset Beach, after tI‘e (:Fr'er to" had used up a?' the pudget o" tne trda '.'.a‘.e The Bear rs answer to L r‘ga Ir‘pp ‘.'.as one ot the rats \.'.I‘o "fade It off Arr‘e' (a's s:o'\.'.est s "king sI‘p you t"oug."t l'a’anrr took a long true about It? The a'na/ "g Neptune || r'tanaged to stay upside donzr‘ :ust
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PREVIEW Drop The Dead Donkey
Channel 4, Wed 28 Oct, 9pm; repeauxISat3l OcLlOpn
Berng hoth up-to-date and Iu"."y rs krrtd of essentrar If you \'.'ant to desr rrl)e your shov. as ’toprtal (omedy' The wrrters and performers of Drop The Dead Donkey, about to embark on Its sixth and frnal serres, knou'; ths haian< ung a(t only too \.'.ell 'It's a terrrfyr'fg prospet t,’ admits Stephen Tompkrnso'r, a‘ras news reporter Damren ’We only get a (er‘ta!" amount of material up t."t-' the day of the sl‘ox': and \.'.e get 't to ('nar‘nel Al apout t‘.'.'o Izours before 1 goes out '
You'd tr‘rrtk that KI"(2 of pressure mould r‘rase peop‘e Ioat'te to ret:.“‘ Yet, return thev hate, to (true Bar, Hague, As‘tdouzn et a a ‘resh hoot ap tr‘e ass 'It's so'nethmg \.'.e a'? unanter. to (orne har k to,’ says Ionp-enso" 'Ir‘e'e's a '.'.ays
Kick ass comedy: Drop The Dead Donkey
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FILM OF THE FORTNIGHT
The Usual Suspects Channel 4, Sun 1 Nov, 10pm.
A" :"star‘t ('assr and randr: ate ‘or t“e hest " o‘ t" s gerau‘e, Tne Usual Susper ts rs apout as good as worres get (jreat a<tors spout e-ert"< gaiogue [)a‘. d I‘.‘.ar"et "‘eets Rayn‘ror‘d (‘Iia'rgler as a stee‘ t'ap of a pot “Mods I". tashparx
A gang of t" enes get or: tl‘e \.'-.ro'rg srde of Keyser‘ Sore, a gt.as‘-rr‘yt"r(al underuzorld ger"'-go(:, ar‘g are ‘or't ed to nail a rest as payhatk C." pp‘ed flair“ ' I‘o‘.'. t"ese \(‘C‘D
sa‘tprr‘g to <o"< usor‘s, out “(what's ya'“ pero'nes e'.e' "‘ore ((1"‘;)(>¥; uni“ all
Me'haE K"‘t st.".r.es the resaltrng hoogpat" and teases out We ta e o tough gays (arr‘e toget"e' and (a"‘e to grre‘ I"e aag e"<e Ke t"e Lops you (a“ do rs apprer ate ‘.'.on Osra's ‘o' tir‘e' "‘a;<" engoy
Best bit: Spare“, lh \ greatest rung "route at tor
REVIEW Living With The Enemy BBC2,\.Ved 21 0a
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Mrs Robinson finds a nice young man
doesn't ‘se t"e pa"d's I-s" 'ts '.‘.":(". say Jesus s a (r."t
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