TV Twerps.

What hell happened to good-quality Saturday morning television? In fact, what the hell happened to good-quality TELEVISION, never mind just on Saturdays?

I'm talking, of course, about the bloody 5:19 show on BBC Switch. There I was, looking for something decent to watch when on bounds a twerp of man-boy going by the name of Tom who insists on jumping about like an idiot and shouting incessantly. The main bulk of his shouting was "I'm well crazy, I am! Oooh, I'm so wacky!" Well OK, it wasn't quite like that, but it was close enough. No, Tom, you're not crazy... you're a twerp, and an insult to those who really are mentally ill.

Second twerp of the day came in the form of Channel 4's The TV Show. This particular episode really got my goat. They were discussing a programme that was recently aired which was basically a Big Brother for children. Sounds good, right? Wrong. Within hours some of the children were in tears and wanting their mums. Did anybody go in to comfort them? No. They left them crying. When fights broke out, did anybody intervene? No. I don't know about you, but I call this child abuse.

Final twerp of the day was Tony Robinson and his men on Time Team. Normally, I love the guy and usually find his programmes interesting, etc... I also have a passion for archaeology, hence my tuning into to Time Team. What bothers me about Time Team, isn't actually Tony Robinson himself - more his attitude and the attitudes of the others on the show. My issue is as follows:

They get upset when they don't find and 'finds'. Archaeology isn't about finding things, it's about learning about the past. So you don't find anything you think is worth talking about? So what! It's still important and it's still data. Jeez, stop moaning about how it's a waste of your time...