Perhaps one day Jonathan Meades will be unleashed on the general public, and not just the ones that watch BBC4, and all will glow in the light he gives off. I'd like to be the first, and probably last, to suggest he is made the fifth judge on Strictly Come Dancing. In the unlikely event this were to happen, more than five people at a time would be dazzled by his word play and even more might laugh at his witticisms.
The mini-series of three episodes of Off Kilter had us following him round Scotland and listening to his views on everything - from the horrors of village life to why football lets us be hateful - and it should be repeated immediately on BBC1 or 2 at a sane hour.
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