I do so hate to be thought a party-pooper or a
misery guts, but I am beginning to wonder about the sanity of my fellow
countrymen, or at least those who choose to spend their evenings glued to what
my grandfather used to call the ‘idiot’s lantern’. The Critics’ Choice of the
TV programmes on tomorrow (February 19, 2013) which is appearing in the paper published
by my highly respected employers’ (may God protect and preserve them and all
their cattle, praise the Lord) includes the following not-to-be-missed gems: on BBC
2 at 9pm The Railways: Keeping Britain On Track, the second of a six-part
series you will get the chance to meet staff and passengers at Leeds station
and hear what they have to say. I really can’t wait.
If that doesn’t float your boat, you can tune into
Litter Wars on BBC 1 at 10.35pm which promises to be a fascinating account of
folk who are fed up with all the waste and litter on our streets and are taking
‘matters into their own hands’. Well!
Pick Of The Day, which I assume is rated by the
papers critics to be even more interesting, is The Friend Chicken Shop: Life In
A Day, which takes a ‘unique, warts and all’ look at – well life in a chicken
takeaway. That is on Channel 4, but also at 9pm, so if you want to see both it
and the in-depth look at life on a railway platform, you’ll have to record one
and watch it later. Decisions, decisions, the bane of our lives.
