I go through long periods of hardly watching any television, which is silly considering the huge bloody set I bought. I often leave it on, tuned to a music channel or comedy channel as background, but might only actually watch a couple of specific programmes.

I think I may have to change all that: either TV is a lot better than I had thought or the schedulers have just decided to give me a real treat this week with such things as:

• Spurs getting beaten by Reading on Sunday
• Planet Earth with that remarkable lions vs elephants bit
• Spearhead from Space.
  I saw on the EPG that Dr. Who was on BBC Three or Four and assumed it was yet another repeat of the new series but it was the classic one with the Autons in. Two episodes with another two to come next Monday.
• Torchwood continuing
  Nowhere near as good as I hoped it would be, but it has its moments.
• Tate Modern
  Tonight was the second half of Tim Marlow’s guide to the re-hang at the Tate Modern. Compelling stuff. I really must get round there to see it all while I can.
• Crow Road
  The first two parts of the four-parter were on BBC Four tonight with the rest to follow next week.
  As a special bonus it was followed by an interview with Iain Banks.
• Lost – recap tomorrow night and series three starts on Sunday.
• The Aristocrats
  On Film Four last night. Made me so glad I didn’t go to see it in the cinema or buy the DVD. Literally a one-joke film but only two of the many comedians made it funny. One of them was a cartoon and with the other one it was as much due to the circumstances and response as the delivery.
• Dom Joly
  Only caught by accident. I had never heard of it before, but his trip through the Southern states to New Orleans was gently hilarious.
• This Life
  I haven’t been watching it. It would seem wrong to do so when I have the box set in the cupboard, but good to know its there. Why did they wait ten years, and until I had bought it, before repeating it?