:this: Thoroughly enthralling, with twist after twist to the plot, so you were never absolutely sure who was on which side, or even how many sides there were. Rafe Spall played the psycho perfectly, but there were a lot of other good performances too. The meeting between Glickman and Gatehouse in the clock shop was full of menace, even though it was conducted in very calm tones and was perhaps my favourite scene from the whole series.

EDIT - Anyone who's a fan of Christopher Eccleston should check out 'CRACKER' - where he delivers a mesmerising performance as a (good) copper - http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDet ... sku=841569

That was another genius series, with first class performances from a first class cast.

Little factoid, vast chunks of this were shot on the Chorlton-cum-Hardy and other parts of Manchester and we always play 'spot the location' during every episode.

L-I-V... E-R-P...

etc.

For years I thought Robert Carlyle was a real scouser.

I have watched one and a quarter episodes, and really enjoy it. It has a lot of things that should make me dislike it, I think, but it really carried it all of with a lot of charm and panache, which is odd since most of the characters lack those attributes.

I'm going to hunt down the paramedic's blog it's based on, too.

but Mr K says she's got a wonky face.

Heh.

I endured Show Me The Funny last night. It was a classic example of a half-hour show which they stretched out to fill an hour slot. Most of it was tedious travelogue stuff and "challenges". I may tune in for the live final, but not for the next four episodes.

It was terrible, wasn't it?

Yes. There was ten minutes maximum of stand-up, five or so of 'judging' and the rest was just filler. The Twitter hashtaging mostly agreed that it was terrible.

I wouldn't have even entertaining watching it without Twitter - there's a simple joy to be had tweeting alongside others while watching TV. I don't do this for stuff that I really want to watch, though.

Whilst watching it, I did think of an incredibly offensive joke, which has kept me chuckling through most of the day.

Which was?

not terribly funny. but enough to amuse me.

not terribly funny. but enough to amuse me.

One of those naughty torrenty places appears to have all three parts.

New series of Shooting Stars on iPlayer now.

Rab returns home to find Mary has kidnapped the government minister for work as payback for losing her job. But now they have him, the couple have no idea what to do next - and as a full-scale siege develops, they are mistaken for terrorists. Gregor Fisher and Elaine C Smith star, with guest appearances from Richard E Grant and John Sessions.

Harry Hill will reportedly walk away from hit show TV Burp next year when his multimillion-pound contract with ITV comes to an end.

Hill has told ITV executives he will quit the award-winning show after nine years – 10 including the pilot – according to Thursday's Sun.

However, Avalon, the independent producer of TV Burp, said on Thursday that a final decision has not yet been reached about Hill's future with the show. Hill is also represented by Avalon Management, the company's talent agency business.

It is understood that Hill plans to see out the remainder of his two-year contract with ITV, signed in March 2010, which ends with an eight-episode series of TV Burp in early 2012. The new series of TV Burp begins next Saturday night.

A spokesman for Avalon said: "Harry has a lot of commitments in the next year, but a final decision has not yet been reached and everyone is very much looking forward to the upcoming series."

Hill, 46, is ready to end his 10-year run fronting the ITV1 Saturday night comedy show because of the gruelling filming schedules, according to the Sun.

The father of three, who also hosts You've Been Framed! on ITV, reportedly turned down a £1m pay rise to stay at ITV. The Sun reported that Hill has been offered a writing role on Simon Cowell's X Factor The Musical.

An ITV spokesman said: "Harry Hill's TV Burp returns to ITV1 for a new series next week, with a further series in early 2012. We have a great relationship with Harry and look forward to this continuing."

No more TV Burp after this season (or at least not with Harry Hill which would remove the reason for watching it)

Although I've heard some pretty rubbish reviews about Fresh Meat, my mate's band's music (which also has my sister singing), The Dark Sky Singers, are going to played during the show this week. So I'll guess I'll have to watch it.

So... is Fresh Meat any good?* It has links to The Inbetweeners doesn't it?