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The shrine

Home to the gods of TV, the shrine is a weekly series of tributes to screen heroes and icons
  • Clare Balding in Britain by Bike

    Clare Balding is my new dykon

    Claudia Cahalane: Feminist, lady-lover, and one of the best presenters around – at last she's got her own decent TV programme to front

  • John Nettles in Bergerac

    A letter to John Nettles: how can I go on, knowing you are no longer on TV?

    Laura Barton pleads with the Midsomer Murders and Bergerac star not to disappear completely from our television screens

  • Margaret Mountford in The Apprentice.

    Margaret Mountford is the only person worth our respect on The Apprentice

    Kira Cochrane: Next to Siralan's repertoire of cliches, her common sense makes her the perfect conduit for the audience's emotions

  • Robson Green in Extreme Fishing

    Robson Green's Extreme Fishing has me hooked

    I fantasise about spending three months in a boat with the geordie actor, writes John Crace

  • January Jones as Betty Draper in Mad Men

    Why I love Betty Draper from Mad Men

    Polly Vernon: Mad Men's Betty Draper inspires breathless devotion in me for her rebellion against her philandering husband

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