Television

The X Factor's Monday shows have shifted to a later timeslot, ending the competition for viewers with Shortland Street, the juggernaut of locally-made programmes.

The decade now known as the 1980s was a simpler time.

I am now and then so inclined - as was Hamlet and perhaps Ophelia - to talk of country matters.

Actor Matthew Perry's latest TV show has been cancelled after one season, marking his third disappointing venture since he won fame on the hit comedy "Friends."