00m17s We kick off the New Year with some general ignorance. No airs and graces here mate!

01m19s With us on the podcast is Alan King who I have known since MY teens. I’m also afraid to say that Nipper 3.0 makes herself heard throughout so if you don’t like babies stop listening now. Sorry. Mix up with familial arrangements.

01m36s We discuss the newslessness of our TV news (follow our facebook page for more up to date news). You see we’re nothing if not honest about ourselves.

01m47s We discuss the Kenneth Tong, ex-Big Brother contestant, managed anorexia debacle

02m25s Rosemary mentions a blog post by Alexis Petridis (link soon)

04m14s It was a hoax and Tong had appearances lined up on various radio and television shows. Did they go ahead?

04m24s However around the same time Tong had an interview with journalist  (LINK soon)

06m40s I compare Kenneth Tong to Dexter which I have been watching lately

06m58s We discuss the extremely controversial holiday storyline on Eastenders

09m33s I say that I’m very glad I wasn’t watching Eastenders for all of this because I would have found it very distressing. I get very irate about tv’s representation of labour and birth anyway. I mention One Born Every Christmas

11m05s Alan mishears me and thinks that we were Skyping Grace Jones on Christmas Day.

12m45s Ofcom received more complaints about the Eastenders Cot Death Switch storyline than any other television before ever. Ever. I may be exaggerating.

13m00s Rosemary comments that Eastenders is a quality programme with quality actors and I say including Jonathon Ross’ mum trivia fans

14m58s Rosemary wonders when was the last new soap opera? Hollyoaks? Ros an Rún?

15m27s Rosemary admits that she’s never seen an episode of Ros na Rún in her life

15m39s Last bit of tv news is that Sky Atlantic HD will launch on February 1st 2011. Aimed at the more mature audience its flagship show will be the much talked about Boarwalk Empire.

17m11s Prepare your ears folks! I get very excited about the fact that someone I kind of know is in Boardwalk Empire.

17m27s Availability of Sky Atlantic

17m48s Rosemary tells us that she watched some of Boardwalk Empire on the plane. She did of course see the “plane version”

18m18s Rosemary tells us a little about Boardwalk Empire. She’s really liking it so far.

20m16s Alan wanted to come on and defend Fade St. (Check out the critical response to Fade St. in that Wikipedia entry. Ha!) I talk about the damning representation of the employers on this show.

22m30s We all agree that we rather like Vogue (who is actually called Vogue)

23m46s We talk some more about the workplace drama in Fade Street

24m10s Alan gives another example of how naff Fade St is by recounting how Dani had her 21st in the Wright Venue. No-one base on Fade St would go all the way out there for a party unless…

25m16s Alan doesn’t even pretend to try and do a Wexford accent but I tell him it’s okay. Ten years of life with a man from Wexford and all I can say in a Wexford accent is “Where were you?”

25m50s Alan reminds us that Fade St does in fact HAVE a story editor. Riiiiight.

25m57s Rosemary tells us that Dublin Ink was in fact set up to emulate Miami Ink, a tattoo parlour in eh Miami that has its own show

30m13s Rosemary reckons the reason that everything was wrapped up nicely before the Christmas interval was because there was no certainty that they would make more shows

30m44s Alan thinks that the director really missed the moment of high drama when they found out who got the job

31m59s Rosemary thinks that the only real problem with Fade Street is that no-one can act. Why did they not give them a bit of direction?

35m58s I talk about my experience of visiting a friend in London who had a part in Eastenders and the manner in which people approached her.

37m46s There’s a post on Culch.ie which is a catch up on who’s who and what’s what on Fade St.

38m03s We give out again about RTÉ not keeping [...]