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Big Brother: Eviction Night, 26 June 2009

If there really is such a thing as evolution and natural selection, how come practical jokers are still wandering the earth, inflicting their own specialized brand of sadistic humour while simultaneously bellowing 'can't you take a joke?'? Speaking of which, Kris and Charlie continue to avoid extinction and carry on appealing to hopefully only the lowest common denominators as they ply their trade in humiliating others - Let this be a lesson to all of us. The next time someone screeches 'can't you take a joke?', the appropriate response is to say 'no' and then report them to the police for a made-up crime. Let's see how good their sense of humour is then.

Meanwhile, Angel has been evicted and will hopefully get some kind of karmic revenge for the maltreatment she had in the house and in the interview/Big Mouth experience with Davina.

Emmerdale: 25 June 2009

Andy has been collecting bottles and bottles of tomato ketchup and has been daydreaming in between his shopping stints. Seriously, though, it makes a welcome change to have a portrayal of a breakdown that does not involve the histrionics that are usually seen on tv - he just keeps saying how busy he is, then he is next seen laid on the floor staring at the ceiling. 

The Wilde family look set to carry on annoying us for at least a little longer as the bigamy secret has finally been revealed. This storyline is ok up to a point, but why does the wealthy son/sons in any Emmerdale family, in this case Nathan, have to always be so corrupt and sleazy?

Coronation Street: 22 June 2009

At last it has been said aloud - that Auntie Pam looks a little like Cherie Blair, or as Bill said 'a bargain basement Cherie Blair'.

Now that's out of the way, let's consider the implications of Fiz's forthcoming engagement and marriage to John Stape. He might be an adulterer, kidnapper and current resident of Strangeways, but apart from that she seems to think he's quite a catch especially after he was put on suicide watch. Mmm, and what about her prison protest (and me thinks she did protest too much) where she tricked the governor and a prison warden into thinking she had swallowed the key after chaining herself to a railing. I bet they think Paul Daniels really is magic.