Sam Delaney

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Mad Men vs The Apprentice

Forget the preening idiots on The Apprentice, Sam Delaney finds that there's two big bonuses to tuning into Mad Men

The Review Show

Sam Delaney takes on the 'Four Liberal Columnists of the Apocalypse'

"What a brilliant service The Review Show offers to its loyal viewers - by which I mean the panellists themselves"

Sam Delaney: We've all been 'Made in Grantham'

"Any audio used in this programme was a complete waste of budget. Thatcher was the most televisual political leader of all time"

BBC Parliament

Sam Delaney: I want to watch Commons people

"The BBC Parliament channel presents politics as it actually is: ugly bastards shouting, waving bits of paper and occasionally nodding off"

Noel Edmonds: A work of art

"With the mind of Darth Vader and the heart of Lady Di..." Sam Delaney implores you to switch back over to Deal Or No Deal

Spiral

Sam Delaney: Spiral's she-cop is harder than Bruce Willis

"Spiral makes The Killing look like Juliet Bravo, and The Wire look like The Thin Blue Line"

Girls

Sam Delaney: Bake off be gone – show me the girls!

"The Great British Bake Off has gone way beyond a joke... but if laughing is important to you, check out series two of Girls"

Splash!

Sam Delaney on Splash!: 'To hell with dignity - dive in!'

"Splash! is basically like every TV show you’ve ever stumbled across whilst idly surfing the channels in a hotel room in Italy"

Beyond Scared Straight

Sam Delaney: Cooks, crooks and inside information

"The kids in Beyond Scared Straight are hell-bent on lives of crime - but would they survive the kitchen of a Michelin-star restaurant?"

Masterchef: The Professionals

Sam Delaney: Fear and loathing in the kitchen and the best TV in 2012

"Monica from MasterChef: The Professionals terrorised cooks from the provinces with her vitriolic put-downs..."

Him & Her

Sam Delaney prefers The Killing to Him & Her: "Less authenticity, more knitwear!"

"Him & Her is so real, so gritty, so fearless. And so bloody miserable"

Mastermind

Sam Delaney: 1001 Things You Should Know? Firstly, Mastermind is the daddy!

"Unlike 1001 Things You Should Know, the brilliantly creepy Mastermind cares not for emotional engagement - or human beings"

Homeland

Sam Delaney: "Don’t let the food terrorist win!"

Sam Delaney on why Nigel Slater is the James Bond baddie of food... and Homeland is too compelling for national safety

Citizen Khan

Sam Delaney: Stand-up? Sit down and Khan it!

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Sam Delaney: "Citizen Khan fillets out a slice of life and nails the brilliant absurdity, tragedy and frustration of it all"

Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing vs The British

"Strictly Come Dancing has almost become an annual event of great national import"

Twentieth Century Battlefields

Twentieth Century Battlefields vs QI

"In Twentieth Century Battlefields, presenters shout words like ‘ANNIHILATE!’ and ‘TOTAL DESTRUCTION’ into the camera"

The X Factor judges

The X Factor vs Masterchef

"The X Factor's melodrama is ratcheted up by roughly 15 per cent every series... Masterchef will not be able to shake things up until new foods are invented"

The Hairy Dieters on bikes

The Hairy Dieters vs Eat, Fast and Live Longer

"The Hairy Dieters proposed ways of making all the delicious yet disgusting crap they usually serve up in lower calorie form"

Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) hosting Mid Morning Matters

The Newsroom vs Mid Morning Matters

"The Newsroom is entertaining but not half as authentic as it thinks it is. Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters is as funny as hell and twice as authentic as it probably realises"

Julia Louis-Dreyfus wearing a red top in Veep

TV: Warning - This show is F.U.N.N.Y

"Lampooning the powerful for being just as lazy and useless as the rest of us is a comedy gift that keeps on giving"

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