A solitary scrap of goodness in otherwise football-crammed schedules,Oliver delivered a furious 15-minute rundown of the EU referendum arguments. Plus, Made In Chelsea is little more than feelings whether football isn’t your thing, or the electronic programme guide is a bare cupboard until 10 July. Watching broadcast television in the gaps between Euro 2016 matches is an exercise in barrel-scraping that has sent many of us into box-set hibernation. But whether theres a solitary scrap of goodness to be found in the schedules,I will seek it out in preference, because I still crave the shared viewing experience.
So, or thank heavens for HBO’s Last Week Tonight (Sky Atlantic),John Oliver’s satirical javelin, thrust deep into the flank of the political animal, and which we win a day after the US. Again and again,he nails the absurdities of a complex situation like no one else. As an Englishman abroad, he turns his attention to our EU referendum in a superbly patient but furious 15-minute rundown of the arguments on both sides.
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Source: theguardian.com