Just finished watching Blessed(BBC1 21.00).It's been a long time since I had a real belly laugh at a sitcom.Of course this is only going to be funny to those who are presently parents to very young children or those who remember the days of their children's baby and toddlerhood.The scenes where they enthusiastically have to kick the childbuggy to erect or close it had me in stitches.And the fervant hope that the policeman wouldn't stop him driving the car at 5 miles an hour and wake the baby.Oh and the haranguing from the cyclist who was appalled that he would use a 4X4 to coax a baby to sleep was priceless.The rest was just as deliciously funny but I won't spoil it for you on any reruns.
Before that I watched Bleak House..I'm still wondering why the beeb chose to show it for an hour yesterday evening and for 30 minutes tonight.Seems like p*ss poor scheduling to me..Why not 2 episodes of 45 minutes?Oh of course not, because heaven forbid they find a program to fill in the odd 15 minutes...
However it is setting up to be a good series with none of the confusion that reigned the last time Bleak House was televised where all coherent plot was effectively screen written out or lost through post production.