Pop goes British Eurovision dreams
My goodness Eurovision was great entertainment on Saturday night.
Having turned it on as there was little else to watch, we were pleasantly surprised with the show.
It was slick, it didn’t drag on and some of the acts were not that bad.
I felt genuinely sorry for Joe and Jake who did the UK proud and felt my heart sink when the public votes came in and they slipped down the point scoring board.
Yes, it’s all political but I felt that it was a great show and commentator Graham Norton did the late Sir Terry Wogan proud with his brutally honest remarks.
Having watched Undercover on BBC One for the last six weeks I was left a little unexcited by the final offering.
It was interesting the way the story all came together but I didn’t feel a kinship with any characters.
I think it could have been condensed into four instead of six and having been spoiled by The Night Manager I had such high hopes.
But it does mean we are one week closer to the return of Poldark.
And again, Louis Theroux delivered an outstanding documentary, A Different Brain, focusing on people living with head injuries.
As a young reporter I visited the Dirran’s Head Injury Unit in Kilwinning and had always been interested in this subject ever since as the people and those who worked there really touched my heart, even now I pass some of them and say hello if I am out and about.
Can I just thank Gold TV for rerunning Vic Reeves Big Night Out.
As a teenager I fell in love with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and in my humble opinion, they’ve never beaten Big Night Out with their other brilliant comedy offerings.
It’s great to see them back, it certainly makes me feel young again.
Other highlights this week have included Sky Atlantic’s Penny Dreadful.
Quite simply, brilliantly dark.