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It's the spaghetti junction of the US teen drama genre with more twists and turns than Blackpool's 'Big One'. Now in its third series the hit show continues to throw up shocking story lines, complete with possibly some of the most beautiful people you will ever see consecutively in just under an hour on a Wednesday evening...depending on whether or not you watch Harry Hill of course...ahem.

The basic outlay of the show creates an opportunity for us to follow the lives of 'Manhattan's elite', or in simpler terms to follow a group of bitchy rich kids in designer outfits with the edition of a cameo celebrity appearance every couple of weeks. Hilary Duff liked it so much she became a permanent fixture. The sixty minutes is crammed with as much sex, corruption and cocktails as anyone can handle watching at 8pm on a weeknight.

Sound a bit like the OC? You'd be wrong.

The clever 'twist' of the show comes in the form of a Gossip website run by the mysterious administrator Gossip Girl who narrates the show. Gossip Girl is the primary source for most of the drama in the show, although since the characters left high school and went to college she has somewhat taken a back seat.

I must however warn you that viewing the show may only serve as a reminder that you, yourself, are sat home alone watching beautiful teenagers enjoy an excessive and carefree lifestyle while you, silently weep into your microwave meal for one....Enjoy.