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Media Monkey goes to Sheffield Doc/Fest

Four-letter Gill

"Wonky cock documentary" is AA Gill 's term for Channel 4 shows like Embarrassing Bodies, Monkey discovered during the Sunday Times TV critic's interview with BBC 's Storyville editor Nick Fraser at the Sheffield Doc/Fest . But when media journalist (and Guardian contributor) Kate Bulkley tried to defend the broadcaster for what she believed was legitimate public service broadcasting he proved a more-than-succinct debater. "Fuck off," was his only response. Monkey wasn't quite sure how Bulkley felt about this. Or indeed how this tallied with Gill's later assertion that television "at the moment is in the process of being very abusive to its audience. It used to be quizshows where people were respectable and say thank you and give them a cuddly toy. Now it's much more abusive." Unlike, say ... conference sessions chaired by Gill.

Not digging Giles

Gill wasn't a big fan of his friend Giles Coren 's BBC2 show Giles and Sue Live the God Life, either. He used his session to outline his belief that the programme – in which the Times journalist and his sidekick Sue Perkins recreated the much-loved 1970s TV comedy – was phoney and falsely pretended there was a "frisson" between the two. But it also emerged that Coren didn't think much of the programme either. "I gave this a terrifically bad review and at 10pm I got a text from Giles saying 'You were right," Gill said. Not sure Coren was quite so honest in the pre-transmission publicity, but there you are.

Channel 4's word play

The word "heterozygosity" may be a mouthful but it seems to be the new buzzword for Channel 4's head of specialist factual, Ralph Lee . Apparently it refers to wildly different kinds of genes which come together and make the whole stronger. Or something like that . Lee used the term three times describe a TV landscape populated by such diverse offerings as Junior Doctor, The Only Way is Essex, Pineapple Dance Studios and Great British Bake Off." If we had a job called head of heterozygosity I would put my name forward," said Lee. Monkey's note to self: never, but never, agree to play Scrabble with Ralph Lee.

Factual fashion error

Monkey doesn't expect to see Pippa Middleton: A Year in the Life anytime soon on the BBC.

Blue-White Game Review « Tailgate Review – TGR – Kentucky Sports + ...

The Blue-White scrimmage game for the Kentucky Wildcats was interesting and entertaining but it showed that it is still only spring and the Cats have a lot of work to do.

Morgan Newton looked pretty good (256 passing yds and 3 TDs and 1 INT) and would have looked even better if not for his receivers on the “white squad” have a case of the “butterfingers”. However, receiver Brian Adams (7 catches for 121 yds) was on the receiving end of two of Newton’s TD passes and overall he looked like a guy that could materialize into a big-time playmaker for Joker Phillip’s offense. Adams is also a member of the Kentucky Wildcat’s baseball team but he showed he has plenty of football skill as well. RB Raymond Sanders had 10 carries for 85 yds and 1 TD for the “white” team. The offensive line looked good in blocking for both the run and the pass and that is a good sign from a group that consists of veterans for the most part.

In reality the defense for the “white” only surrendered 17 points although the final score was Blue 31 – White 28. The Blue Team was spotted a 14-0 lead to start the game as that team was made up mostly of guys projected to be 2 string or lower on the dept chart. Freshman QB Maxwell Smith was a respectable 10/21 for 99 passing yds including a spectacular 54 yd. TD pass to E.J. Fields; Fields reeled in the pass with one-hand and then broke away from a defender to go the distance. Fields has the size and ability to bust out this fall and become a dominant receiver.

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