Tim Blair

IT COULDN'T BE WORSE THAN ARSENIO

A show that will never bomb, no matter how many infidels are surrounding the studio:

A satellite channel has offered Comical Ali a lucrative deal to host a current affairs show.

Abu Dhabi TV has asked Iraq's former information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf to move to the United Arab Emirates to work for them.

One TV executive said: "He would be like your Jeremy Paxman."