Yesterday I had a bit of free time, so I thought I'd catch up with some viewing on the iPlayer (and its Channels 4 and 5 counterparts).

Television appeared to have gone weird. And not in a bad way per se. Just a bit more interesting and alternative than what we've come to expect of late.

This was helped by music choices. For example, Top Gear now seems to use clips of Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys and "modern rock" quite regularly. I didn't expect to hear Bjork's seminal "Bachelorette" blasting out as Clarkson rounded another bend. That was unusual. The backing music during bits of Neighbours was verging on Trip Hop.

The other weird thing that struck me was the sort of weird post-modern approach that they took reviewing a new Lexus on Top Gear. Richard Hammond, plus art rock, plus a car, plus black, white and red semi-futuristic Japanese animation involving flying saucers. Seriously, what the hell? This further added to my confusion.

And then to Celebrity Big Brother. Supposed hole and barrel scrapings of human underachievement further adding to their vanity for more money than most of us earn in 5 years. Right, turn off... EXCEPT that its gone weird. Like completely triangular curveball shaving a squirrel's eyebrows before punching the Honey Monster bathed in melted marshmallow weird. The theme is "Hell Is In Others" - ok, we get it, housemates turn on each other. Fine. Except consequently it looks like the inside of the penthouse in The Devil's Advocate film just before the end of the film when humanity has been destroyed and apocalypse. That kind of scenery. The housemates are more interesting than they should be. Sisqo? A fragile human being? Yes, it appears he is. Lady Sovereign? Chav rapper having a 24 year old mid-life crisis? Heidi Fleiss - a one woman advert for NOT doing drugs. Basshunter? Swedish pop techno type actually has a weird sense of humour. But most surreal? Stephanie Beacham from smegging Dynasty reading excepts from the Bible about Gideon and bits from the book of Genesis. And then a page 3 girl discusses creationism versus evolution?

In an age of text speak, all that sums up my current thinking is WTF?

Any other examples people have seen recently of the Box morphing into a new Dali-esque scene of oddity? Or is it just me?