‘I have to watch about ten hours of programmes a day for two months - all sent to me on DVD,’ he told The Sunday Times. ‘The first couple of hours are fine. I have a 15-minute break at 11... then it’s back to the telly for another hour or two.
‘By now I’m getting a bit restless. It feels like I’m involved in a weird experiment: how much TV can we force a middle-aged man to sit through?’
While it would be a dream job for a couch potato, Hill confesses it does get him down at points:
‘It’s okay if it’s a decent programme like The Apprentice, but when it’s some awful, crappy reality show, I feel my soul slipping away.
‘People may think it’s great to have a job where you just watch TV. At least I’m not down the pit, or stuck on a hospital ward... But bad TV does get to you.
He added: ‘We did 21 episodes for one series. That was the worst ever. Normally I’m an upbeat, optimistic person, but I felt really, really miserable.’
Chin up Harry, you’ve got another series to do in February!
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