The Anyone-But-England brigade will be up bright and early tomorrow, whistling a merry tune and flexing the brims of their Panama hats.

There was a time when a woman’s place on TV coverage of the World Cup was restricted to leering crowd shots of female fans.

Exactly what moral principle is upheld by keeping an accused man offscreen is not easy to deduce, writes Terry Prone

BBC have said that they want to film another season of Planet Earth before the legendary David Attenborough turns 100.

Another week when we could only be inspired by the breadth of vision shown by sporting luminaries in the constant quest for improvement.

The pick of the programmes from tonight's TV.

A spoiler-free guide to telly.

For fear we may never see his likes again, should we not seek a sample of Christy Moore’s DNA and put it in a time capsule?

With Lee Dixon left to carry the fight for ITV — and even he wouldn’t command much of a purse — it’s already turned into a straight battle off the field between RTÉ and BBC.

The scene in Gary Lineker’s Dublin hotel room is much as you’d expect: a hole kicked angrily in the television screen, Hell’s Angels wandering about, Keith Richards passed out in a corner and the main man himself, a bloody scar of unknown origin snaking down the side of his face, screaming at his terrified handlers in between swigs of Wild Turkey straight from the neck.

Returning to the controversy of the week at the Masters and Augusta National Golf Club’s lack of female members, a lobbying group called change.org entered the fray yesterday, looking to further increase the pressure on the private club to review its membership policy.

Jonathan Ross has blasted the BBC as "over cautious and defensive".

THE young fogey is off to Auntie.

FOR a long time David McSavage looked as if he didn’t have what it takes to make it in the comedy world.

YOU might have noticed that so grim are things in this country — with what few assets we have left now well and truly frozen — that it actually took the news of a man’s death this week to raise a genuine chuckle.

IS there a more accomplished juggler of carrot and stick in football management than Alex Ferguson?

Jonathan Ross bowed out from his long-running BBC Radio 2 show today declaring he would be leaving with “nothing but fond memories and gratitude”.

THE BBC is to drop Australian soap Neighbours after 21 years.

BBC’s Match Of The Day fair spiked our interest with a breathless introduction to their highlights show last Tuesday night.

THERE WERE many delicious ironies to Saturday’s game at Twickenham. Chief among them the presumptuous Grand Slam final scheduled for 9pm in Paris on March 27 is now a non-runner.

TV presenter Jamie Theakston has stepped up his acting career by landing his first major role in a BBC TV drama.

IT seems that RTE can't make a sports quiz without a brolly being in it somewhere.

By Liam Mackey

Britain’s favourite wideboys Del Boy and Rodney will lead the Beeb’s battle for ratings this Christmas according to the BBC festive line-up which was unveiled today.