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Eastenders: 10 October 2008

Only in soapland would the long lost adopted daughter decide to get a job cleaning for her biological mother and biological grandfather and think it would be a good idea to get to know them that way rather than TELL them she is who she is. Danielle, who only seems to be able to do mournful which is handy when working on Eastenders, was last seen clutching a photo of a younger Ronnie as she lay on the kitchen floor. I hope she realises it doesn't get better than this. And while we're on the subject, how is it nobody saw Archie being monstrous outside R n R as he burnt the letter from Joel - this is all too much melodrama for my liking and along with Tony the man deserves to be not just shot but dragged around the square and pelted with Ian Beale's rotten veg.

The Family: 8 October 2008

Despite initial reservations and lack of interest, I can't help being drawn back (against my will) to see how the members of this family ... have had their lives edited. Last night, dad got the short straw again as he was the main focus, but then again he might think he was shown in a good light compared to how he generally behaves. Who knows, but I think he should watch out for son Tom after we saw him alone in the kitchen wielding a knife as he imagined carving a message on his dad's brain. Teenagers have such vivid imaginations, I suppose, but his parents really should let him stay up later than 10pm 

Super Rich on BBC4

Robert Preston seems to be getting everywhere at the moment as the BBC call on him to explain where all the money has gone. It turns out the super rich have got it. This was all highly depressing stuff as he explained why everyone else will be hit by the recession, and apart from having a socialist revolution there's little we can do about it. It was only lightened by the information that incentivized is a word that other people use apart from Paul on The Apprentice.

It was a bleak night all round on telly last night and the only other highlight (apart from the incentivized one) was when Sunshine came to an end. With Steve Coogan and most of the cast from Early Doors this promised to be watchable, but in reality it came across as Murphy's Mob with worse acting.