#Latest news with #TVcelebrationTimes16-05-2025EntertainmentTimesAn existential howl of anguish: 25 years of Location Location LocationIt would be easy to look at Channel 4's Location Location Location gala night and see a desperately cash-strapped broadcaster finding a way to put together an entire evening of cheap TV through the clever repackaging of 25 years worth of cheap TV it already owns. It would also be accurate, but it would still be a little bit unfair. Wednesday night's 25th-anniversary celebration of Location Location Location might have looked and felt like a very easy fix of warm bath television held together by the irresistible charm of Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, but it was so much more than that. Anyone who actually sat down and watched the whole thing will know that what they were really seeing was a three-hour existential howl
Times16-05-2025EntertainmentTimesAn existential howl of anguish: 25 years of Location Location LocationIt would be easy to look at Channel 4's Location Location Location gala night and see a desperately cash-strapped broadcaster finding a way to put together an entire evening of cheap TV through the clever repackaging of 25 years worth of cheap TV it already owns. It would also be accurate, but it would still be a little bit unfair. Wednesday night's 25th-anniversary celebration of Location Location Location might have looked and felt like a very easy fix of warm bath television held together by the irresistible charm of Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, but it was so much more than that. Anyone who actually sat down and watched the whole thing will know that what they were really seeing was a three-hour existential howl