It all got off to a bit of a funny start really. · Grandad television’s forthcoming Slippers and Pipes, A Day At The Bowls and The Grumblers, and LWT’s eagerly awaited Naked Ladies and Hollywood in Barrymore are highlighted in The Sun’s top ‘TV trinkets’ for 1997.
· LWT’s Blind Date was watched by more than 11 viewers in the week ending December 22, according to allegedly exaggerated BARB statistics published in today’s tabloids. Cilla Black continues to receive widespread press coverage following her outbreak of thrush, which she is believed to have contracted during the Christmas period.
· The UK’s large cab companies are likely to decide within the next two months to commit several pounds to the development of shelters for London’s homeless, says the Financial Times. According to a report in The Guardian, cab companies are also to choose whether or not to take legal action to force female passengers to have sex with taxi drivers.