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Jeremy Paxman’s diary: Why must Songs of Praise chase advertiser-friendly viewers?

Plus: Come and visit your taxes at work in Belfast

29 November 2014

9:00 AM

29 November 2014

9:00 AM

The most unfashionable show on television, Songs of Praise, has had a makeover. The BBC had apparently discovered that the average viewer of the show was in their mid-seventies. Quelle surprise: in the trade it is known as ‘The Resurrection Show’, because so many participants shuffle off their mortal coil before transmission.

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