17/03/2016 Too Much TV

Today, TV lost a true entertainer, a master of his craft and a man

who was a fixture on Saturday Night TV for so many years.

On tonight's TMTV, we begin by celebrating

Paul Daniels and his simply magic TV shows.

Do you believe in that fun stuff they call - magic! Rubbish. That's

what we're after here! You're going to like it, not a lot, but you'll

like it. Wiggle your fingers. It doesn't do anything, but it looks

good. You finish up with money. It goes up the sleeve, across your

shoulders, down the sleeve and back into the cup. Nine of hearts was

your choice, wasn't it? Say, yes, Paul. Yes, Paul. Put your hands at

the front you can wave at your head as it goes past.

This isn't really the end, this is only the end of the beginning. Until

the next time we meet, take a lot of care. Goodbye for now.

If you've just watched Eggheads, the five brainiest people in Britain

have just lost out to a team of five women.

Jeremy Vine, the big boss, is here to talk about one

of the biggest moments in Eggheads history

I have been waiting for the Eggheads to get beaten.

Plus TV critic, Toby Earle, joins us to give us the latest TV

But before we get into all that, we're joined by Jamie Raven,

who's no mean magician himself and who was inspired to take up

Great to see you snoochl thanks for having me. Paul Daniels first TV

appearance was on Opportunity Knocks. He came second. You came

second in Britain?s Got Talent. All the best team come second. How old

were you? 32. Paul was in his 30s,

had already played clubs up and down the country and had a summer season

in Newquay under his belt. He'd been practising his magic

since he was 11 after reading a book Imagine if he'd never

picked up that book. He went on to be such a familiar

face on our screens, At the end of the 70's,

the BBC gave Paul his own series, That is became you aware of him We

watched the show on a Saturday evening. What was brilliant about

him? A combination of magic tricks that leave you wondering how and his

comedy and style as an entertainer. It wasn't just what he was doing

that was impressing you, it was how he was taking on the journey to get

there. He called it - going home magic. When you would watch him live

you would laugh and enjoy the evening. It was when you went home

you would go - how did they do that? He was all over our screens, such a

big part. Did you meet him? He showed me a trick which, if I can

show you the exact thing. There you are. When was that taken? That was

at Radio Berkshire. Debbie has a show. I'm from deshg shire. When we

did Britain got talent he was there. He gave me advice I would never

forget. He showed you a card trick. If I may. Yes, please. A simple card

game. I need you to give these a mix. Make sure - Glad you didn't ask

me to do that. Shuffle. I asked if he would show me a quick trick. Can

you verify they are all different? Yeah. I will run my thumb down the

side. If you can say stop. Stop. It should be the seven of diamonds. It

saves time. Oh, my goodness. Wow! That was it. I asked for a quick

trick. That is what he got. He walked off and left me to it.

Magicians need to have the skill of a surgeon and the wit of a stand-up

comedian. You have both. Never better than demonstrated in this

clip from the Paul Daniels magic show, you will like this a lot.

Where's the ball? On the top of the cup. It's on the top of the bottom

of the cup. The only time you should worry is if I sneak it nigh left

hand. -- into my left hand. You're not following this, are you?

Absolutely awesome. I love that. How long would it take to perfect a

trick like that? Countless hours. Thousands and thousands of hours.

Paul, before he was approached by the BBC to start the show. Was

working professionally, working men's clubs up-and-down the country.

That trick was honed over hundreds of performances and thousands of

hours of practice. I would struggle to remember the script let alone do

the slight of hand that went with it. Absolutely. Amazing. It wasn't

just close-up magic he was good at. He could pull off a grand illusion.

Here he is doing that with the wonderful Debbie McGhee. Please keep

an eye on her lovely costume, ladies and gentlemen. Having her covered

from head to toe. We will move this young lady back into space where she

came from. Take her away, higher and higher. She ascends above the circus

ring, watch very closely. 3, 2, 1! GO!

How did he do that? Absolutely amazing. What a showman as well.

Beyond the magic Paul had a terrific career as a game show host. Who

remembers Odd One Out? Every second counts and my faifiate wipe out.

Here's your host for every second counts - Paul Daniels.

Please welcome your host on Wipeout, Paul Daniels.

Ah! Listen,, I love doing this show. Who else can ask people alfew

questions, take away all their money! Apart from the tax inspector!

What is his TV legacy It has to have been the man who brought magic back

to the masses and made it interesting, cool and fun again.

It's a sad day we won't be able toll pick his brains any more.

Absolutely. Our thoughts are with Debbie and all

his family. Paul Daniels was a true TV trailblazer.

Just a few minutes ago, on tonight's Eggheads,

the thing that hardly ever happens happened!

The Eggheads lost playing to a team of five amazing women with alopecia.

They had this final question to stay in the game.

We will guess fertility. That's all it is. If you have got this wrong,

then our brilliant challengers have ?29,000. If you've got it right.

It's three each and we go to Sudden Death. I thought,, soon as they saw

Celtic God I thought, Pat knows all his Celtic Gods. Prays to them all

the time. You had a good rummage around. It wasn't be good enough.

The answer is thunder. Congratulations challengers. You

have won. Let's welcome Jeremy Vine. How are the Eggheads? Do they take

it seriously? They were sporting about that one. That was the nicest

team of challenges we have ever had. They get cross. It's interesting,

they get cross with themselves. They get cross with me. I bet. We had a

question of - who was wrongly to have said to have played the

saxophone on the song Baker Street. You know it? Yeah. The answer was

Bob Holness he didn't play it. They got it wrong. They said that isn't a

fact because the fact isn't true. It wasn't a real question. They get

serious, I'm afraid. I imagine CJ getting angry about those things.

Those smiles, we have to leave their jaws open a lot of the time to

get... I was talking to CJ I said, me try you on Tootsie. He loves

films. How many Oscars. He told me who wrote it, acted - How do they

know this? I said, do you like the film? He said, never seen it. Who is

the most feared? Kevin is remarkable. I think he's the Nos

knowledgeable person in the English-speaking world. It was eight

on Eggheads before he even got a history question wrong. He's

absolutely extraordinary. They all have different strengths. Judith,

for example, she won ?1 million on a history question. Have you a

favourite I do - this is very dangerous now. Come on! Judith, when

she plays sports rounds. She get nervous. I said - I will take you to

see a football game to help you. About three or four weeks ago I went

to see Chelsea play with her at Stamford bridge. She came with me. I

say "we" I'm outing myself - you now know. I'm off. We won 5-1. She was

sitting next to me enjoying the game. We had a nice day out. Is

there anything else we don't know that goes on behind-the-scenes It's

filmed in Glasgow. We are on five days a week. People watch it every

day who don't see the stuff behind-the-scenes. My lunch break is

about 32 minutes long. I try to get out of the building, just to see

daylight and go over the bridge over the Clyde and back again. When I hit

the bridge I get a text saying - come back now, where are you? It

surprises people, we film five-a-day. Most days we film an

awful lot. The other interesting thing, in terms of the tactics teams

come and want to know how to play it. There isn't any obvious way. You

want to try and take out Kevin as early as possible. By challenging

him on his weakest subject, which is food and drink. What is that? Food

and drink. He doesn't have an oven. Has he not? There have been standout

moments this is our particular favourite. I'm not sure you will

like it. Donny Whalberg found film with which boyband? New Kids on the

Block, back street boys or NSYNC. Sorry, that sounds under believably

- you can tease me now NSYNC. I'm so embarrassed. You're going to leave

that in as well! Oh, dear. Not an NSYNC fan then? I would put money on

the fact you were. It's terrible. We had one where the question was -

which western leader famously rode bare chested on horse back. The

answer was, was it, Vladimir Putin or Angela Merkel. When is they say

Merkel I burst out laughing, I couldn't stop. We had your brother

on last week. Interesting that both of you, Tim Vine, of course, loads

of people don't put two and two Not at all together. All. Interesting

you both ended up on TV. People will start tweeting, I can't believe they

were brothers. We were brought up in Cheam, lovely parents, sister Sonia.

The TV was the most exciting thing in the house. We were watching dear

old Paul Daniels. We loved it. It's time to put the quiz master to the

test. We thought we would quiz Tim Vine about you. All the questions

are DV related. He said that you never watch television. Let's see

how well Tim and injury any know each other this is Vineheads.

Question one. I'm ready. What is Jeremy's most annoying on screen

habit is it: I think hem' say - he takes my jokes. If I tell one of his

jokes I massacre it. Let's look to see if you're It's when he right.

Takes one of my jokes and murders it. Really row, what a rip-off.

Really row shall, that's pretty pricey. That is what he would say.

It's true. Second question. Who is Jeremy's TV hero. Is it: He has

given me a hospital pass. I don't know what he thinks. OK, tricky. I'm

going to put Paxman there. OK. Let us see if you're right. Jeremy's TV

hero is Bagpuss. Admit it. All three of them were a joke. Nothing wrong

with loving Bagpuss. One each. Third question: What is Jeremy's favourite

TV dinner I bet Tim has gone for cous cous. I

will say bangers and mash. Let's see if your right. His favourite TV

dinner is cous cous. Just putting me into that bracket. No ?27,000 for

you tonight. No. I will have a word with him later. I saw him on Monday

night he didn't mention that. We told him to keep it a secret. The

nation knows you are a Chelsea supporter and eat cous cous with a

tangerine jus. For quizzing of a higher standard,

tune in to Eggheads, BBC Two, every weekday

night at 6.00pm. Everyone has a favourite show

they'd like to bring back. My personal favourite, The A Team,

on a Saturday night. Anyway, time to hand over

to the lovely Susan Calman who's had a dig around the archives to find

a programme she wants to Bring Back. My name is Susan Calman, and I'd

like to bring back Juliet Bravo. That theme music. I still hear it

and go, great, and you sit down and go this is going to be brilliant.

Juliet Bravo ran between 1980 and 1985 on BBC One, and it revolves

around the life and career of a female police inspector in a

fictional town in Lancashire. I'll go inside, you go down to the rear.

There may be a dangerous man in there, ma'am. I'll be all right,

Joseph. I was six years old when Juliet Bravo started, I remember

being full and happy, so it must have been after tea-time, some form

of delicious 80s meal, prepared, a boil in the bag fish or something

like that. The show made me feel excited. So a modern iron might

criticise it for the lack of action. -- a modern I. It is drama that does

not rely on the tricks of the trade of editing or fancy effects, so it

is a lot more gentle, very relaxing to watch, very relaxing. I remember

it being grey, cold, slightly bleak, a tad depressing, to be honest, that

it was also ground-breaking. The main character was a woman, and

unapologetically a woman, and it dealt with the issue of a woman

being charge of a station, which was full of men. Ruud the inspector to

replace Mr Wood up is a lady, Ted. A ready woman, I don't believe it. It

was the first time women were allowed to be in the middle of it,

not just the wife or girlfriend. From a personal point of view it was

ground-breaking, but also to show that audiences would accept a show

that had a woman as the main character. What did you get? 240

hours community service. Ruud you made my day, I was beginning to

think that Young hooligan would never get his card marked. Very

creditable. I could do without the patria doesn't. Happy Valley

continues in that tradition of incredibly strong characters, so

Juliet Bravo is responsible for my love of television, in a lot of

ways. Perhaps you would like to take yourself outside and check the

control vehicles. Sorry, were you in the middle of your dinner, bad luck.

I think we should bring back Juliet Bravo for a number of reasons, it is

a female lead cop drama, we need more of them, secondly it remains

one of the best shows ever made and would be even better updated, and

thirdly, I want to be Juliet Bravo, I want to fulfil my childhood

destiny and finally become the woman I have admired for the past three

decades. I will be Juliet Bravo, I need to be Juliet Bravo, bring back

Juliet Bravo. Specially for you, we will.

Now, time to take a trip to a place we like to call the Grapevine.

Its a cosy little place we like to go to to get

We made it. Just coming a bit nearer to you.

I have got the round in. Thank you very much, what do you think of the

Grapevine? The service has been pretty good so far, snacks out of

ten, a fume all its next time maybe. What TV news have you got for us?

There have been steamy scenes on TV you would find in case the

malfunctioning sauna, the night manager, Tom Huddlestone's terrier

appearing under cover, and then a shower scene in East End is that got

people lathered up. But the SIA is coming in the near future, set in

the court of -- Versaille. It has already aired on the continent and

there has been comment about some of the scenes. I have seen some

pictures from this, and it does look rather rude. Historically accurate,

I'm sure, but they are trying to show how that court of Louis XIV

operated. A Brit plays the lead, he was more concerned with playing a

French historical figure than the exposure of the flesh. More gossip!

You are so hungry for it, Pointless celebrity starts this weekend, and

Richard Osman returns. You will also be back in insert name here, that

has been commissioned for a second series. Taskmaster, he has been

announced as part of that comedy show on Dave, Pointless... He is

raking it in! Is at the year of Richard Osman? You will know of him

through osmosis. Noel Edmonds news? Deal or perhaps no deal at all any

more whatsoever. Channel 4 have made an announcement in the summer they

will be looking at it, it might not be coming back. At its peak of

course, pulling in about 2 million viewers, the number of countries

around the world showing it looked like ever was completed game of

risk. Now it looks like a game of risk guess about started and people

have got interested. At its heart, 22 boxes, people randomly picking

boxes, that was the show. They try to do different things, fancy dress.

Box 35, people phoning in, allsorts of things, it has reached the end of

its natural shelf life. But it has done very well, ten years or so. And

news from America. Ruud Jennifer Lopez news. She is gorgeous. She has

in the past played a law enforcement officer on the big screen, now on

the small green, Shades of Blue, she plays a dodgy copper. I thought

better of her, she really is enlisted by the FBI to bring down

and even dodgier copper, played by Ray Liotta. He is brilliant and

menacing. And Matthew Perry, he is going to be playing Ted Kennedy in a

sequel to the biopic, the Kennedys. He will be playing one of the

biggest political characters in modern American history. Could he be

any more miscast? Help yourself to some nuts after that. Also something

I think I will quite like, a new show about wine? Yes, we all have

great expectations around the wine show, which stars Matthew Goode the

actor and Matthew Rhys, the actor. Also Joe Fattorini and Amelia Singer

who will be there talking about wine. Red wine, white wine from pink

wine. Why are we not presenting it? I know you are personally preparing

for the Olympics, a Mo Farah documentary about his preparations

for the Rio 2016 Olympics coming up. A real insight into what it takes to

become a gold-medal winner, and I know you are already on his training

regime. Can't you tell? It is all about the tea tonight. Thank you.

American sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, is back on you for the

night. We like to tell you about shows you have almost utterly had of

that maybe you're just not watching. The big question is should you be?

It is one of the biggest sitcoms in the whole world. This is The Big

Bang Theory in a nutshell. The Big Bang Theory is all about a

group of self-proclaimed nerds. I'm Batman! They excel at science. This

is one good-looking Panini! But struggle with social skills. There

there. Talk to me. Their favourite pastimes include debating.

Role-playing. I have the sword! And experimenting. All right, what is

next? The key characters are Sheldon. I have a working knowledge

of the entire universe was to what he lacks in empathy makes up for

with his massive IQ. My brain is better than everybody! Leonard. He

loves lasers. Astrophysicist, Raj. What is wrong with you? And his best

friend, Howard. Haven't you ever been told how beautiful you are in

flawless Russian? And Penny, a girl next door who Leonard adores.

Together they have made it chic to be a geek. Expect squabbling.

Thanks. And romance. And that is The Big Bang Theory in a nutshell. This

show is massive in America, it is on all the time here as well for stock

I want to watch more of that. From Big Bang to big decisions, what are

we watching tonight? A couple of action packed shows,

ideal if you are an adrenaline junkie like me. First, on Channel 4

at 9pm, Speed with Guy Martin, this one-off special sees motorcycle

legend guide go head-to-head with racing car champ, David Coulthard.

This will be the ultimate bike against car challenge, a speed

obsessed daredevil, by Martin, takes on Formula 1 legend David Coulthard.

Best of luck. He is a national treasures so I could not run him

down, could I? They will battle each other on and off the track. You have

got me! Two great races, two amazing machines, and a series of world

first test to reveal more about the science behind fastest sport on

earth. Right up my street, they don't just race, they also take on

physical and mental challenges, testing their reaction times and

fitness. This is Channel 4's warm up ahead of Formula 1 season, which

begins this weekend, good luck Lewis. Speed with Guy Martin,

Channel 4 at 9pm. Even I am looking forward to that, it looks great. If

your heart is not racing after that, you can be sure this lady's

certainly is. On BBC One at 9pm, Jo Brand's Hell of a Walk, while in aid

of Sport Relief. Jo Brand joined the long list of celebrities to take on

her gruelling physical challenge. In the last few years, Sport Relief has

challenged some of our most athletic celebrities to help raise money for

charity. But this year is different. I think it is because I'm really

fit, in both senses of the word. Rebel comedian Jo Brand is

attempting to walk across England from east to West. Sport Relief

don't know what they have let themselves in for. Jo admitted

herself she is not in peak physical condition, and it is a tough 135

miles, starting out on the Humber Bridge with the aim of reaching

Liverpool. Come on, girl, you can do it, that is Jo Brand, Hell of a

Walk, BBC One, nine o'clock. She is raising so much money, good on her.

Anna and I are back here at the same time tomorrow for a very special

show. We will be talking about one of the most beautiful, classy period

dramas to grace our schemes maybe ever, Indian sun as it is called,

Channel 4's most expensive drama ever. We have two of the show's

stars to talk to us about it. It looks incredible. Thank you to our

guests, enjoyable evening, tell us what you think of the telly tonight.

E-mail us or tweet us. Have a wonderful evening and we will both

see you tomorrow. Good night. I'm 52 years old...

HE CLEARS THROAT ..and I want...

HE MAKES CLICKING NOISES, GRUNTS The fact that...

HE MAKES HIGH-PITCHED GROAN ..it's harder for me to find

a job...means I want it even more.