'It's well worth rewinding Tapehead. He loves to hate television and he hates to love it. The funniest, most acerbic critic of the small screen writing in Britain today.' Will Self 'Tapehead is to soap bosses what Phil Mitchell is to Walford. Unwanted, unloved and indispensable' John Yorke, Executive Producer, EastEnders Jim Shelley loves television. Usually he is indulgent towards the object of his affections and forgiving when it is slipshod and self-regarding. Yet, like other lovers, there are times when the relationship sours and his patience snaps. Razor sharp and uproariously funny, this book brings together the best of Shelley's brilliant writing on television. We rediscover Tapehead's passion for Ali G, The Bill and The Sopranos and his long-running feuds with the Naked Chef, Prince Edward, Richard E. Grant and Brookside's Lindsey Corkhill. Interference is a scabrous audit of the nation's viewing habits. 'I read your review last week and it was like being sprayed with hot shit... So shame on your head really. I hope you get some life threatening disease very soon' Richard E Grant
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Jim Shelley loves television. His devotion is not to the programmes that are watched by late night audiences, but to the blockbusters beloved by millions. Usually he is indulgent towards the object of his affections and forgiving when it is slipshod and self-regarding. Yet, like any other lover, there are times when the relationship becomes dull and predictable, and when his irritation boils over into anger. In this work, the very best of Jim Shelley's television criticism is combined, for the first time, with the reactions of his devoted readers, whose emails and letters provide an often scathing running commentary on what he has written. Taken together, they provide a scabrous and darkly amusing commentary on the nation's viewing habits.
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