The TV news where you are is not the TV news where we are...

Thank you, thank you, to commenter DialMforMurdo for pointing to this brilliantly funny deconstruction of what follows, and precedes, that moment when BBC's News At Ten's presenters say: "Now here's the news where you are."Sit back and enjoy this three-minute skit by James Robertson, novelist, poet and publisher. You can read more of him on fivedials.com/365, the website of Hamish Hamilton's literary magazine. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]

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