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20 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU’RE 30 Channel 4, Thu 6 Feb, 10.35pm 00
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Our foztr heroes. Shona Isex‘sfah/ed hetero. Conrad :sex-stahxeo hornet. Zoe tdlt7liy natvet and Domnrc trrargtnally IT‘ISDgleISUCI are market researchers strut/mg to discover Just what makes those approaching the btg Three—O ttck. Though, you never aotually see them conducting any market research: unless gassmg outSIde the office durtng yet another tag break IS consrlered gatnful empIOyrvertt In 2003.
20 Thrngs IS slack. repetnttve. unfunny and dull, There's only one thtng y0u need to do before yOu're 30. Do not watch thus. tBrtan Donaldsont
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POLITICAL DPAMA THE WEST WING Channel 4, Sat 8 Feb, 8pm 0000
With its witty dialogue, super-fast delivery from an exceptional cast and fine detailing of the labyrinthine American political system, The West Wing has always been a winning dramatic series. But now, as its third season kicks off with President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) deciding to run for a second term, you can’t help but compare tough but liberal Democrat Jed Bartlet and his hard-working staff with the Bush administration. Final result: Dubya
and his hawks are wanting.
Among the plethora of problems plaguing the West Wingers as they strive for re-election is a military coup in Haiti, a forest fire in Yellowstone Park and the public revelation that Bartlet has MS. Tackling them in order, Bartlet avoids an armed solution, lets the blaze burn itself out (an ecologically-sound strategy that essentially ‘prunes’ woodland) and comes clean about his medical condition. Try imagining Bush reacting in this considered manner: ‘Bomb Haiti, drill for oil in Yellowstone and don’t tell
those newshounds about my illness.’
Sure, at times The West Wing can be awfully gung ho about America, land of the free blah blah blah, but creator and writer Aaron Sorkin keeps the issues satisfyingly complicated. And watching the new series makes one want to cry out: ‘Bartlet, I mean Sheen [no stranger to politics, nor to publicly criticising Bush’s war-mongering ways] for President!’
Perhaps most intriguing of all though, is the show’s new slot. Transferred from its safe Sunday evening berth to primetime Saturday night, Bartlet and co are taking on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Casualty. Now,
there’s a high-risk policy. (Miles Fielder)
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