Sunday afternoon, and we've found Michael Palin's 'Around the world in 80 days' on one of the higher-number channels ( Read more... )

...the only decent afternoon TV for grownups. Time Team, and Antiques Roadshow, are my only mental sustanance when I'm sick ( Read more... )

I gave Matt Smith a chance. Talked too fast ( Read more... )

...of course, BBC didn't exist then, so to speak.

BBC is running themed history programmes to cover WWI, from now til 2019. It's the biggest 'season' I've seen on the Beeb - usually a 'season' is six related progarmmes ( Read more... )

Watching the news about protests in Ukraine: anyone who protests outdoors through an Eastern European winter has got to be serious ( Read more... )