SATURDAY night and a pleasant surprise on the TV, surely some mistake?
Apart from the odd exception - the now finished Primeval (complete tosh but hugely enjoyable) and The Culture Show (make Mark Kermode the minister for culture) - Saturday nights have become something of a wasteland as far as the viewer is concerned.
And once again, things didn't look overly promising this weekend with the Beeb trying to persuade us to vote for a song which will totally flop at Eurovision - although it was nice to see Andy the Binman again.
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Anyway, just as it appeared as though all was lost, we got the whole of the first series of Gavin and Stacey on BBC2.
Yes, three hours of quality, grown-up, clever comedy in one giant helping.
I've got to say I was a latecomer to Gavin and Stacey and I only watched it after colleagues urged me to give it a whirl.
A tale of long-distance love, it's not a laugh out loud, raucous programme, but that's part of its charm.
The fact it's got Rob Brydon in it also helps. A cross between Brucie and Strictly Come Dancing's Anton, he's a grossly underestimated comedian.
And the good news is the reason we got such a bumper helping of G&S was that a new series is on the way - although strangely it will be on BBC3.
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