Good to see my old newsreading chum Sir Trev back in the saddle on the new look, new/old time News at Ten last night. And he seems to have acquired a lovely blonde friend.
I couldn't help feeling, though, that with ITV going head to head with the BBC a certain news desperation was creeping in. The Beeb had John Simpson reporting under cover (a baseball hat) from Harare. Ah, but ITV had an interview with that very dull man Diana wanted to marry. Yes, but the Beeb had a satellite phone two-way from a secret location somewhere in Zimbabwe. Ah, but ITV had Bill Neely live from an ice cave in the Antarctic!
Still, this revived rivalry is only good news for the viewers. Insiders tell me that ITV will have an exclusive with Elvis later in the week, and the BBC are hot on the trail of a Hitler clone in Paraguay. Meanwhile Sir Trev is bound to become even more confused about which camera he's on, while Huw Edwards' snarly upper lip is becoming snarlier by the minute. Watch this space!
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A good job that neither of them seem to have seen that documentary, made a few years ago, called The Boys From Brazil.
Apparently there's around ninety of those Hitler clones dotted around the globe!
Still, there shouldn't be any more of them since Joseph Mengele has now been killed by movie-going doberman pincers.
Phew!
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