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Leicester Mercury
|December 19, 2025
AS I have mentioned before, there's an amusing game I like to play in idle moments, where I invent new TV shows.
I do this simply by changing a single letter of an existing programme's title. This has resulted in exciting new formats such as DIY SAS, Grand Designs Mouse of the Year and, more recently, Ant & Dec's Limitless Wig.Surprisingly, none of these ideas, so far at least, has attracted the interest of any TV commissioners. Not even at Channel 5 (just kidding, guys).
This story is from the December 19, 2025 edition of Leicester Mercury.
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