After discovering that the phenomenon TOWIE (The Only Way Is Essex) is currently in its eighth series, I began to get the impression that its genesis had been somewhat forgotten. As it turns out, many people don't realise that Essex is actually a real place. Instead, it seems, they think it's a kind of Disneyland. A theme park that can be holidayed too.

Here are some hand-picked inspirational guys and girls from the worlds of entertainment, science and technology - all of whom might be deemed nerds, and are all the more loveable for it.

"There's a difference between getting your t*ts out for a laugh and saying 'do you want me to get my tits out?' I was drunk... she walked in and hadn'...

MTV executives have defended their new racy reality show The Valleys, insisting it's not intended to create an unfavourable impression of Wales as a n...

Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby has revealed she thinks her loved-up perma-tanned co-stars Vicky Pattison and Ricci Guarnaccio should leave the sh...

The Jubilee may be over, but fear not: Summer has yet to begin. Our salvation is coming. Just a few more days and it will be here to save us all.

The trashy cast of Geordie Shore have been given a Downton Abbey style makeover, swapping tight tops and fake tan for lace and silk gloves. In the ...

My name is Ross and I am guilty of cultural treason. I am here to tell you that American television is far superior to the tosh that us Brits are producing. When I say that, I'm not talking about all TV.

Geordie Shore returned to TV last night for more romps, rows and drink-fuelled antics filmed in the centre of Newcastle's nightlife. Not a lot ha...

Geordie Shore returns to TV this month, bringing with it more romps, rows and drink-fuelled antics filmed in the centre of Newcastle's nightlife. T...

As a child in a north-eastern town, you soon learn a very important lesson. No matter what you do, or where you go, people will always associate you w...

Geordie Shore is but the latest in a long line of televised regional case studies showing how crap the world is. As propagating cartoonish stereotypes for cynical commercial gain is worth mega bucks these days, small wonder MTV are milking their Newcastle cash cows for all they're worth by sending them to Magaluf.

They are the northern versions of reality smash hits The Only Way is Essex and Made in Chelsea. But the Liverpool-based "scripted reality" shows D...