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Look who's back! It's been three and a half weeks and we've missed talking Televigion a heck of a lot. We finally kick off our discussion of sitcoms and what they mean to us, creating definitions and committing to a book deal along the way. But we need your thoughts on the matter too!

Contact us on Twitter, online at The Televigion Blog or via televigionist@gmail.com.

NB Here is the PBS documentary about the evolution of TV, America in Primetime, for those in the US

Details this week

Correspondence and Recommendations:-

• The Televigion Mum informed us of many things over the last 3.5 weeks
  • GBBO's Nadiya was baking the Queen's 90th birthday cake
  • The wonders of Slow TV 
    • Intro video to Slow TV - Norway's 'Slow TV' Movement, Real Time Knitting and All,
    • Hilarious TedX talk by one of the documentary makers - Thomas Hellum: The world's most boring television ... and why it's hilariously addictive,
    • Guardian Article on Slow TV
  • Sir David Attenborough and President Obama: The Full Interview 
  • Caravanner of the Year - BBC Two "Not seen it but reviews are that it is terrible and so a must see."
  • Invictus Choir with Gareth Malone Thurdays 9pm, BBC One
  • Yorkshire, The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain - BBC Two 

• Gauntletgirl 
  • The Aliens (All4)- "very good, Sci fi but not really, full of British actors you'll recognise from other things. Have seen the whole series and hope it gets another." 
  • Undercover, (BBC1, Sundays, 9pm) - "I like it but it does take concentration,  two different times now and 90s. It's a drama about the police rather than a police drama, if you see what I mean. Think there's a couple of episodes left to go in the series."

Current TV:-

• Game of Thrones S6, Sky Atlantic, Sunday/Monday

"On Demand"s My Attention:- 

• Flowers, All4

Gold Star:-

• Flowers, All4 for both of us
• Attenborough at 90 (iPlayer) and The Queen's Invictus video for Rachel

Disappointment:-

• Once Upon a Time S5 (Netflix) for Rachel
• James was sad that Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is being offered free on iTunes as it is up for awards, BUT ONLY IN THE US https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/crazy-ex-girlfriend-season/id1093947697

Top of the Pile:-

• Caravanner of the Year (iPlayer) for Rachel
• Silicon Valley S2 (Sky Go) for James

Thanks for listening!