Toby Steinberg

Toby Steinberg recovers from a summer of crap TV

Another summer over. Despite the overwhelming evidence of every previous year, one still can’t help feeling furiously betrayed by the passage of time. The weather’s always so lovely. Everyone’s frolicking in the meadows and laughing with melting ice-creams before suddenly, through no fault of our own, all the trees die...
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Posted Oct. 5, 2010

Shock Horror

Toby Steinberg reminisces about Television's most terrifying moments...
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Posted May. 13, 2010

Cowell, not Cameron

Toby Steinberg assesses the country's priorities. Reality TV wins over the election, of course.
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Posted Apr. 27, 2010

Realitypolitik

Toby Steinberg reviews Channel 4's new political reality show, _Tower Block of Commons_
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Posted Feb. 26, 2010

Foxtrotting

In this week's column, Toby Steinberg spends some time getting to grips with Fox, the Righter side of news.
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Posted Jan. 29, 2010

A kitchen nightmare

Here’s a riddle: when is a smug git not a smug git? Answer: when he’s a TV chef. The current vogue for objectionable men bellowing over a hot stove is truly one of the signature cultural innovations of our age, right up there with Jamster ring-tones and Vernon Kaye (world,...
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Posted Nov. 10, 2009