"I've got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from".

These days, that would suggest that his Sky box has broken and he's only got Freeview.

13 channels seemed an OUTrageous number back then...

Law & Order: UK
Burn Notice
Glee

and coming soon:
Mad Men
The Good Wife
24

Scroll through your EPG. Though there's not a lot on offer outside of the main terrestrial channels, BBC4, FX, Sky1 and the odd thing like Alibi or Sci-Fi throw up the occasional gem.

I'm really enjoying the latest Hairy Bikers series, which is called something like Mum Knows Best. they gather family recipes and cook them with great joy.

I'm also enjoying Only Connect - a cryptic quiz show on Bbc4. Yesterday is a sky channel that is out near the Discovery Channel - that sector is usually interesting and I've been watching and stockpiling Simon Schama's History of Britain. Lastly Mythbusters (which I am sure was tipped by someone here) - 2 slightly mad scientists test to see if Coke really does rot a tooth / shine a penny / clean up blood etc.

Erm, that's it for me.

They are doing 'proper' coooking and despite the artifice of the fetes they set up, I think that the sharing of Mums' favourite recipes is a great thing - and is to be applauded. The crumpets they did in ep 01 looked *luverly*...

Check out this channel for loads of progs on everyone from Al Green, Led Zep to Johnny Cash and Elvis. If you like Neil Young, they seem to show Rust Never Sleeps all the time.

They also show Songbook and Classic Albums - both series worth investing in and they also show the superb In Treatment, which was really must see TV.

Also worth having a gander at the Bio channel which normally has interesting documentaries on everyone from Mick Jagger to the Rolling Stones.

MTV Two also comes up trumps, mainly with Zane Lowe's in-depth interviews with Macca, Morrissey, Ian Brown and Oasis

Simon Shama's History of Britain on Yesterday. Always interesting.

The best Star Trek series since the original - intriguing, tightly-plotted scripts, interesting characters, plenty of shoot-outs. No aliens/robots trying to learn about being human, no boring inter-alien politics, no tedious romances, no families in space storylines.

The Sweeney on ITV4 still holds up.

There isn't a great deal on at the moment. All of the things that were amazing have finished or have stopped mid-season.

When they resume:
Ugly Betty (if you haven't got into it yet - do, you'll be pleasantly surprised)
Flashforward (aka Lost but not as confusing)
Stargate Universe (aka Alien but with less aliens and more paranoia)

Always worth Sky+ing:
American Dad (like Family Guy but more consistently funny)
Spaced (has been popping up on Dave recently)
documentaries on the History channel NOT about the Nazis - all the others are great
Born Survivor (Bear Grylls is a genius / nutter - very gripping viewing)

starts tonight on BBC4. Hurrah!

http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/steven-seagal-lawman/videos...

True Blood should be worth watching, IMHO.

Yesterday has just started showing this 14 part series on The Second World War by acclaimed documentary maker Ken Burns. Second part on tonight at 9.

Can I recommend buying Radio Times? EPGs are a nightmare to navigate. RT has helped me find all sorts of programmes and is pretty comprehensive on digital channel. It's also quite useful in telling you when something is repeated during the week.

Here's what's rocking the eddie household:
Modern Family (sky 1, Thurs evenings, new episode this week)
How I Met Your Mother (e4, Thurs evenings)
TV Burp
Survivors (although the 1st episode of the new series was disappointing)
QI

Glee looks good and I'm looking forward to the new Higson/Whitehouse show starting this week. Oh, pretty much anything on BBC4 is worth your time.

Ace supernatural drama on BBC3. Though it's just started it's second series so might be a little incomprehensible. I'm sure they'll start it from the beginning again soon, this being the channel that repeats everything forever...