Ironically for a television programme, it was against being a telly addict.

The scientists warned it was not only telly addicts whose lifestyles put them in danger.

Lucy is a telly addict who loves jumping into bed with Maggie.

Recepta's father is out to turn the people of Boxless into telly addicts.

Britain is officially a nation of telly addicts.

It's a unique opportunity to find out if we have a nation of pet telly addicts,' a spokesman added. '

“We're both telly addicts; we really do stay in with a bottle of wine and watch TV,” she confesses.

Leisure studies, interests and hobbies will keep you on your toes so if you're a couch potato or telly addict you'd better change your ways.

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But now there are glasses that allow apathetic telly addicts and lethargic book worms to kick back and watch their favorite shows lying down.

Sorkinite, Whedonite and 80s nostalgist who still thinks Telly Addicts was the best quiz show ever.

Half of telly addicts instead 'media stack', which is when they use their phones or tablets to carry out activities not related in anyway to the show they're watching.

But square eyes could be the least of a telly addict's problems as new research reveals that what we consume via the box can directly affect our lifestyle choices.

He also writes and films a weekly TV review column, Telly Addict, for The Guardian website, running since May 2011.

Keen gamers should consider China and Canada, whereas telly addicts should nag their parents to move to the United Arab Emirates or India.

HUGH SCULLY 2 Who was the presenter of the television series 'Telly Addicts'?

He may be better known to television audiences for his appearances in the mid-1990s as the score-keeper on Noel Edmonds' BBC One quiz show Telly Addicts.

The software will allow telly addicts to browse seven days worth of scheduling information across almost 400 channels and radio stations, and costs £1.79 to download from Apple’s iTunes Application Store.

HOUSE Party host and unashamed telly addict Noel Edmonds deserted his Crinkley Bottom home last night for a whistle-stop visit to Merseyside.

Yet for every complaint you'll find an armchair pundit who'll tell you this nation of telly addicts enjoys some of the world's finest programming – provided, that is, they're prepared to pay for it.

Just because talent shows leave me cold and if I want to see a roomful of people arguing, I can visit my parents for the weekend, I'm as hooked as the next telly addict.

Telly addict US firm Sling Media offers Slingbox, a set-top box that plugs into your television at home and lets you watch programmes from any device that will connect to the internet.

A self-confessed telly addict, Vicky is known by her family as Inspector Mouse due to her love of crime dramas and like Miss Marple, she often knits and enjoys a good book.

But when the professional in question is Doctor Who and the assistant will be helping him save the universe rather than the group practice's budget, telly addicts and sci-fi fans alike rear up to get a better view.

It is produced by Shine TV by arrangement with Unique Broadcasting; the latter is the company owned by Noel Edmonds, who presented the similarly themed show Telly Addicts.