Published on 12, July, 2020
Way back in 2013, my mother started asking me if I had seen a particular programme on Channel 4. I kept being told that I simply HAD to watch it because it was absolutely hilarious. Her description of it caused me to think it sounded rather ghastly. "It features people watching TV and commenting on what they have seen. Some of the things they say are priceless!"
As I've never understood the appeal of people watching YouTube videos of people playing video games, I was struggling to understand what could possibly be so enjoyable and entertaining about this programme that my mother kept talking about. If you haven't already guessed, the programme was Gogglebox.
Eventually, I decided to watch it. My mother had spent weeks telling me about the antics of the 'posh couple' who always appeared to be in an inebriated state, so I figured that I had to at least find out for myself what all the ridiculous hype was about. Well, I was hooked.
Yes, my guilty pleasure (one of them) is watching Gogglebox.
Do you have any guilty pleasures that you care to share? - Please keep it clean folks!
I am a big fan of Aussie soaps. My favourite is Neighbours. It was upsetting that it got cancelled. I even signed an online petition to get it back! I was so happy to learn it's coming back to telly. I turned to Home and Away when Neighbours went off the air. I'll be watching both in future. Please don't judge me (joke!)
I enjoy watching Aussie soaps too, although I tend to dip in and out of them. I think the first Aussie soap I ever watched was called Sons & Daughters (back in the 80s). Whilst I'm pleased that Neighbours will be returning, I was disappointed when I heard it wouldn't be to a TV channel I could access on my TV, so I think the days of me watching Neighbours are definitely over.