Jono Read

Tag: Television

  • First Dates: Series 7, Episode 11

    First Dates: Series 7, Episode 11

    It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for, it’s the reveal of the First Dates ‘twist’ in tonight’s episode of First Dates. Arj and Rebecca Arj is our first singleton through the First Dates restaurant. He’s an “eternal student” having failed one of the years at university.… Read on

  • First Dates: Series 7, Episode 10

    First Dates: Series 7, Episode 10

    Our Irish Queen Teresa was back in the First Dates restaurant. Could she find someone as “mad for life” as her tonight? Justin and Maisie 25-year-old Justin from Worthing is described as the “wolf of Worthing”. He describes his life as being full of cocaine, fast cars, and hookers, although backtracked on this when he…

  • First Dates: Series 7, Episode 9

    First Dates: Series 7, Episode 9

    On the latest episode of First Dates it was the return of Ruby. She wanted a nice guy last time, now she wants a fuck boy. Can she make her mind up? Charlotte and Jamie 24-year-old waitress Charlotte from Dartford was the first through tonight’s First Dates doors.… Read on

  • First Dates: Series 7, Episode 8

    First Dates: Series 7, Episode 8

    On the latest episode of First Dates we welcome back Marie, who gripped the nation with her hilarious one-liners last month. Will luck be on her side tonight? Marie and Adrian 38-year-old Marie from Swindon is back to much excitement from her adoring fans on social media.… Read on

  • First Dates: Series 7, Episode 6

    First Dates: Series 7, Episode 6

    Tonight in the First Dates restaurant we had a pet shop owner, we had the cougars, we had the monkey emoji lovers, and the manure. It’s a tenuous link, but let’s say indirectly there was an animal theme running throughout. Marie and Davin According to Fred, the average person speaks around 100 words per minute.……

  • Naked Attraction: The lowdown from contestant Emma

    Naked Attraction: The lowdown from contestant Emma

    When I write or tweet about reality television shows it’s not unusual for me to receive some kind of interaction from those that appear on the programme. For example, the First Dates ‘contestants’ (if you can call them that) will either laugh at my jokes..… Read on

  • First Dates: Series 7, Episode 5

    First Dates: Series 7, Episode 5

    First Dates is back after a few weeks’ hiatus due to the Paralympics. And tonight it was all about the unicorns. Charlie and Lorna Yes, unicorns cropped up quite a lot thanks to 25-year-old businessman Charlie from Wandsworth. A bit of a metrosexual, he’s a fan of the colour pink, he’s a vegetarian, and he’s after…

  • First Dates: Series 7, Episode 4

    First Dates: Series 7, Episode 4

    In the last episode before First Dates takes a quick break, it was a night of infidelity secrets, and everyone bungling into the toilet. Yes more people were rushing to go to the toilet than they were offering to pay for the bill.… Read on

  • First Dates – Series 7 Episode 3

    First Dates – Series 7 Episode 3

    In this week’s episode was 25-year-old Natasha from Bridgend, a trainee teacher who you would assume from looks would have no problem getting a man. Except she has a problem with men who can’t spell or who have bad grammar. Even when they pass the test, she explains they’re all to quick to send her…

  • BBC Three – Six months on

    BBC Three – Six months on

    It’s now been six months since the BBC took BBC Three off our television screens and officially launched it as an “online-only” service with a considerably smaller content budget. As most of you will be aware, I was the driving force behind the #SaveBBC3 campaign for two years prior to this, hoping the BBC would…