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Domestic bliss under threat as Day of Destiny turns me into Andy Capp | Martin Kelner

Blanket coverage of the Champions League and Championship play-off finals leads to a dangerous monopoly situationI may be turning into Andy Capp, and I blame Sky Sports. After Super Sunday last week, it was clear Super Saturday would not pass muster fo...

TV review: UEFA Champions League Final: Bayern Munich v Chelsea

Adrian Chiles on ITV is like watching with a comedy uncle. But Sky has Jeff Stelling …Did any other guys out there have the same conversation with the missus? Along the lines of: "I know I said it was the end of the football season, but that was the ...

Soccer AM’s raspberry blowing the perfect remedy for pre-match tension | Martin Kelner

If anything, the programme is more enjoyable than when I last saw it and remains a reliable source of light reliefI was once mistaken for Martin Keown. Not on a football field – that could never happen, he's an inch-and-a-half taller than me – but ...

Coverage of Muamba was sensitively handled on TV – but not by everyone

Post-Leveson, the mainstream media has reined in its taste for sensationalism, but on social media sites it is still a free-for-allThe heart specialist who came down from the stands to help treat footballer Fabrice Muamba on the pitch at White Hart Lan...

Manchester United scores temporary win for Channel 5

Channel 5 enjoys more than 4 million viewers with Man Utd Europa League exit, while Love Life loses out to MasterChefManchester United's elimination from the Europa League proved a ratings winner for Channel 5 finishing with more than 4 million viewers...

ITV1 victorious as Chelsea’s Champions League win draws 5.5m viewers

BBC's Waterloo Road chalks up an audience of 4.3 million while Masterchef's penultimate episode attracts 4.6 millionMore than 8 million people watched the climax to Chelsea's thrilling 4-1 Champions League win over Napoli on ITV1.ITV1's Live UEFA Champ...

TV highlights 14/03/2012

Live Uefa Champions League | She Wolves: England's Early Queens | War Child | Archer | Roger & Val Have Just Got In | Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes UnpunishedLive Uefa Champions League7.30pm, ITV1One of Roberto Di Matteo's first tasks as ...

Rewind TV: White Heat; Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey; QPR: The Four Year Plan – review

Juliet Stevenson lends gravitas to drama White Heat, while Kate Humble is no Brian Cox in cosmic science series OrbitWhite Heat (BBC2) | iPlayerOrbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey (BBC2) | iPlayerQPR: The Four Year Plan (BBC2) | iPlayerGrief, bereavem...

TV highlights 29/02/2012

The Food Inspectors | Live International Football | The Fisherman's Apprentice With Monty Halls | Skippy: Australia's First Superstar | Sons Of Anarchy | Grey's AnatomyThe Food Inspectors7.30pm, BBC1Picture the scene – Matt Allwright and Chris H...

BBC scores 10m viewers with Carling Cup final

Live coverage of the match between Liverpool and Cardiff City averaged 7m viewers for BBC1More than 10 million BBC1 viewers watched Liverpool's penalty shootout win over Cardiff City in the Carling Cup final on Sunday.BBC1's live coverage of the game f...

MUTV: where players can dine out on clothes-shredding stories for ever | Martin Kelner

Manchester United's TV channel spends a lot of time in restaurants but its output would have been tastier if handshakegate had been conducted Marx Brothers-styleDid you know Manchester United has its own official cabernet sauvignon? It's a Chilean numb...

Adrian Chiles’s chumminess strikes right tone as ITV treads carefully | Barney Ronay

ITV's presenter dealt well with the problem of making light of the elephant in the room at the Liverpool-Manchester United FA Cup tie, without making light of itThis was the weekend when football's ongoing engagement with issues of race and racial offe...