Guardian Unlimited logo Guardian Unlimited 4 weeks ago

England gets Collison, Scotland gets car-crash telly

Scots saw the ads and read all the hype about Collision but got The Greatest Scot instead Douglas Henshall in Collision, which Scottish viewers will miss out on seeing – instead getting The Greatest Scot all week. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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  1. I’m absolutely staggered. I know that money is tight but if you don’t show quality programming — and I can assure you Collision is high quality — you are going to drown, you are going to go under all together.
    – Anthony Horowitz SOURCE: Times Online 3 weeks ago
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