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50 Documentaries To See Before You Die
Tuesday, Current TV, 10pm
It's when the summer schedules kick in that the clip show comes into its own. Usually residing on a terrestrial channel on a Friday or Saturday night, and often taking the form of a countdown to supply a certain manufactured tension, the three-hour marathon is the very definition of cheap television. Take a host relevant to your topic - say, Dom Joly on the 50 greatest TV pranks - and arrange the clips in pretty much any order, then ask Stuart Maconie and other assorted rent-a-mouths to enlighten viewers as to the cultural importance of each historical TV moment... and that's a Saturday night filled.
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