Links for 30 April 2010

Published on 30 April 2010 in Daily Links, adverts, BBC, cartoons, Merton, newspapers, politics, television, television programmes, video on demand

• BBC debate was a cross between Songs of Praise and Over the Rainbow – The Guardian

  Charlie Brooker's hysterical take on the final leadership debate.

• Controversial plan to move officers out of Mitcham police station – Wimbledon Guardian

  I love the fact that there may be a real police station (well I guess more of an office really) opening up not far from the fictional Sun Hill station. In fact they could just buy the Bill studios and save themselves some money!

• Absolute Radio settles trademark fight with Absolut vodka – guardian.co.uk

  Yes, cos I'm always getting vodka and a radio station confused. Just last night I popped into my local and was amazed to be given a small radio set with my cola…

• Hulu ‘abandons UK plans’ after broadcaster talks collapse – Telegraph

  After the demise of Project Kangaroo, the worry was that we'd simply written away the hope that the UK would offer any major catch up TV service, and had basically handed everything other to the Americans. It seems that day is slightly further away than it was before. Although we shouldn't count our chickens before they've hatched…

• BBC’s 530 days of repeats in a year – Express.co.uk

  In a wonderful piece of "journalism", the Express proclaims that showing repeats equals "wasting licence-fee payers' cash".

• garfield minus garfield

  "Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb." Genius. In a can. And no mistake.