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        <title><![CDATA[Why I Love...The Thick of It ]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/776-why-i-love-the-thick-of-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:05:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				<a
			
				href="http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?searchText=Armando%20Iannucci&pseudonym=&searchTypeSelect=12">Armando
			
				Iannucci</a>
			
				once
			
				explained
			
				the
			
				brilliance
			
				of
			
				<a
			
				href="http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=11&broadcastType=1&jspLocation=/jsp/tv_listings_search.jsp&jspError=/jsp/error.jsp&searchString=yes%20minister">Yes
			
				Minister</a>:
			
				"[It
			
				was]
			
				more
			
				than
			
				a
			
				sitcom,
			
				it
			
				was
			
				a
			
				crash
			
				course
			
				in
			
				contemporary
			
				political
			
				studies
			
				-
			
				it
			
				opened
			
				the
			
				lid
			
				on
			
				the
			
				way
			
				the
			
				government
			
				really
			
				operated."
			
				The
			
				same
			...		
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        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/776-why-i-love-the-thick-of-it/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why I Love...Curb Your Enthusiasm]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/768-why-i-love-curb-your-enthusiasm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:35:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				Picture
			
				this:
			
				you're
			
				at
			
				a
			
				Jewish
			
				dinner
			
				party
			
				toasting
			
				a
			
				couple
			
				renewing
			
				their
			
				wedding
			
				vows
			
				when
			
				suddenly
			
				an
			
				argument
			
				breaks
			
				out
			
				between
			
				two
			
				of
			
				the
			
				guests,
			
				one
			
				of
			
				whom
			
				is
			
				a
			
				decrepit
			
				octogenarian
			
				with
			
				a
			
				glass
			
				eye
			
				and
			
				the
			
				other
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/768-why-i-love-curb-your-enthusiasm/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why I Love...We Are Klang]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/718-why-i-love-we-are-klang/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:50:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				I
			
				want
			
				to
			
				talk
			
				to
			
				you
			
				about
			
				the
			
				Klangers.
			
				No,
			
				not
			
				the
			
				cute,
			
				knitted,
			
				whistling
			
				alien
			
				creatures.
			
				I
			
				mean
			
				the
			
				hapless
			
				staff
			
				of
			
				Klangbury
			
				Council.
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/718-why-i-love-we-are-klang/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why I Love...True Blood]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/687-why-i-love-true-blood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:55:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				They
			
				say
			
				you
			
				must
			
				learn
			
				the
			
				rules
			
				before
			
				you
			
				can
			
				break
			
				them.
			
				<a
			
				href="http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?searchText=Alan%20Ball&pseudonym=&searchTypeSelect=12">Alan
			
				Ball</a>
served
			
				his
			
				time
			
				writing
			
				Six
			
				Feet
			
				Under,
			
				a
			
				dry
			
				TV
			
				drama
			
				about
			
				how
			
				life
			
				is
			
				a
			
				long,
			
				slow
			
				rehearsal
			
				for
			
				death,
			
				and
			
				<a
			
				href="http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?frn=32747&searchTypeSelect=5">American
			
				Beauty</a>,
			
				an
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/687-why-i-love-true-blood/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why I Love...The Backyardigans]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/606-why-i-love-the-backyardigans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:20:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				A
			
				lot
			
				of
			
				kids'
			
				shows
			
				are
			
				clearly
			
				portrayals
			
				of
			
				mental
			
				visions,
			
				but
			
				the
			
				trips
			
				aren't
			
				always
			
				good.
			
				<a
			
				href="
			
				http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/256-why-i-lovein-the-night/">In
			
				the
			
				Night
			
				Garden</a>
			
				viewers,
			
				for
			
				instance,
			
				suffer
			
				the
			
				ravings
			
				of
			
				Igglepiggle,
			
				a
			
				blue
			
				yeti
			
				adrift
			
				in
			
				the
			
				dark
			
				in
			
				a
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/606-why-i-love-the-backyardigans/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why I Love...Red Dwarf]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/602-why-i-love-red-dwarf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:04:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				A
			
				long
			
				time
			
				ago
			
				(well,
			
				in
			
				1988)
			
				on
			
				a
			
				sound
			
				stage
			
				far,
			
				far
			
				away,
			
				one
			
				of
			
				the
			
				funniest
			
				and
			
				most
			
				charming
			
				British
			
				sitcoms
			
				of
			
				all
			
				time
			
				was
			
				born.
			
				Yes,
			
				it's
			
				hard
			
				to
			
				believe
			
				that
			
				it's
			
				been
			
				more
			
				than
			
				20
			
				years
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/602-why-i-love-red-dwarf/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why I Love...The Big Match Revisited]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/570-why-i-love-the-big-match-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:50:45 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				<a
			
				href="http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=11&broadcastType=1&jspLocation=/jsp/tv_listings_search.jsp&jspError=/jsp/error.jsp&searchString=big%20match%20revisited">
			
				The
			
				Big
			
				Match
			
				Revisited</a>
			
				is
			
				merely
			
				a
			
				re-run
			
				of
			
				ITV's
			
				equivalent
			
				of
			
				<a
			
				href="
			
				http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=3&jspLocation=%2Fjsp%2Ftv_listings_search.jsp&jspError=%2Fjsp%2Ferror.jsp&channels=92&searchString=match+of+the+day">
			
				Match
			
				of
			
				the
			
				Day
			
				</a>from
			
				30
			
				years
			
				ago,
			
				shoved
			
				into
			
				ITV4's
			
				schedule
			
				as
			
				cheap
			
				archive
			
				filler.
			
				But
			
				it's
			
				an
			
				irresistible
			
				deluge
			
				of
			
				cute
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/570-why-i-love-the-big-match-revisited/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Why I Love&#133;Paul Merton in India]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/466-why-i-love-paul-merton-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				Watching
			
				Paul
			
				Merton
			
				kick
			
				a
			
				man
			
				in
			
				the
			
				groin,
			
				combining
			
				the
			
				swift
			
				upstroke
			
				of
			
				a
			
				goose-stepping
			
				Basil
			
				Fawlty
			
				with
			
				the
			
				sort
			
				of
			
				profuse
			
				apologies
			
				offered
			
				by
			
				his
			
				wife
			
				Sybil,
			
				brought
			
				tears
			
				to
			
				my
			
				eyes.
			
				Of
			
				laughter.
			
				
<br
			
				/><br
			
				/>
What
			
				it
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/466-why-i-love-paul-merton-in-india/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Why I Love...Horizon]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/460-why-i-lovehorizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:50:45 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				These
			
				days
			
				it's
			
				become
			
				par
			
				for
			
				the
			
				course
			
				for
			
				cultural
			
				commentators
			
				to
			
				get
			
				themselves
			
				into
			
				frightful
			
				strops
			
				about
			
				TV
			
				producers
			
				"dumbing
			
				down"
			
				their
			
				output
			
				and
			
				resorting
			
				to
			
				pumping
			
				out
			
				lowbrow
			
				dreck
			
				in
			
				order
			
				to
			
				claw
			
				in
			
				viewing
			
				figures.
			
				A
			
				good
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/460-why-i-lovehorizon/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Why I Love...Natural Born Sellers]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/432-why-i-lovenatural-born-sellers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:05:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				It's
			
				said
			
				that
			
				imitation
			
				is
			
				the
			
				sincerest
			
				form
			
				of
			
				flattery,
			
				and
			
				if
			
				that's
			
				the
			
				case
			
				then
			
				the
			
				makers
			
				of
			
				The
			
				Apprentice
			
				have
			
				some
			
				very
			
				genuine
			
				fans
			
				in
			
				the
			
				people
			
				behind
			
				ITV1's
			
				<a
			
				href="
			
				http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=11&broadcastType=1&jspLocation=/jsp/tv_listings_search.jsp&jspError=/jsp/error.jsp&searchString=natural%20born%20sellers">Natural
			
				Born
			
				Sellers</a>.
			
				To
			
				call
			
				Natural
			
				Born
			...		
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		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/432-why-i-lovenatural-born-sellers/</link>
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