· The private moments of British life are to be explored in a series of fly-on-the-wall television documentaries for the BBC, reports today’s Telegraph. ‘Harlot’s Half Hour’, ‘The Baby Killers’ and ‘Pig Neutering’ are said to be hard hitting, but with the sort of appeal the fly on the wall itself has; limited. Record Shops are building extra shelves to store the unsold spin off singles on.
· A television cartoon Satan with flashing red eyes triggered off epileptic fits in more than 665 children. By last night 666 people, mostly first born males had been treated in hospital for rotating heads and vomiting. The show which was screened on Bethlehem television and based on the Bible Stories was promptly cancelled, report many of today’s papers.
· The Christmas gift Coronation Street saddoes have prayed for - the passionate reunion of Sally and Kevin Webster - is reported in today’s Mirror and Daily Record. The Websters get together for the sake of the children and end up having a sizzling sausage dinner.
A £2.5 million television advertising campaign starting on Boxing Day (soon to be renamed Puritanical Fasting Day) will feature people suffering from smoking related diseases including cancer, heart disease and emphysema, reports many of today’s papers. The campaign was funded solely from the sales of tobacco to underage children.