Rob Parker | July 9, 2009
ITV soap loses its Wednesday night primetime slot
If any indication of the power of football was needed, surely this is it. ITV bosses are moving long-running soap Coronation Street from its traditional Wednesday evening 7.30pm slot to ensure that they can bring you coverage of Steve Rider’s cardboard hairdo whenever they like.
Corrie fans have long [...]
Rob Parker | February 5, 2009
Off The Post celebrity readers, Part One (and probably final part)!
We can confirm that legendary journalist and news presenter Jon Snow is an Off The Post reader. The Channel 4 anchor linked to us in his latest blog post on the Channel 4 website. Jon was comparing our post on ITV’s advertising cock-up to an [...]
Rob Parker | February 5, 2009
Broadcaster shows 118 minutes of goalless football and cuts away before late winner!
ITV were left red-faced last night after a technical hitch meant viewers missed Dan Gosling’s winning goal for Everton against Liverpool in the FA Cup fourth round replay. A technical hitch meant that while super-sub Gosling was finding the net, the channel’s viewers [...]
Rob Parker | November 6, 2008
Manchester City player gets a Brazilian
Manchester City striker Darius Vassell was kindly given a change of nationality by ITV commentator Peter Drury during the Uefa Cup tie with FC Twente. The overlooked England international now faces the dubious task of breaking into the Brazil national side.
Drury said: “Darius Vassell has finished his first shift back [...]
