16th April

So ITV, with their endless dirth of digital channels with 24 hours to fill have decided to enrage fans by missing out the second episode of new hit drama Pushing Daisies. How pathetic. I admit that this program is probably not the best program ever to be broadcast (then again, coming from ITV, maybe it is), but surely finding an hour to stick this program on ITV4 instead of showing 30-year-old repeats of The Sweeney wouldn't harm anybody.

So Shameless inspired the entire Shannon Matthews saga. Admittedly, no good plan starts with getting the inspiration from an episode of Shameless, but I hope it doesn't turn into another whipping boy for the tabloids and mid-markets to blame society's ills on.

The French are in uproar because their Eurovision entry is going to be in English in a vain attempt to win. Why they care is beyond me, nobody cares what the entry is like, as long as you've got enough countries that are basically the same as you and have not done anything controversial to make any enemies - you'll probably win, whether it's in English, Polish, Afrikaans or Gibberish. Having said that I don't think Afrikaans or Gibberish are actually allowed because they are not official languages of any European state.

Crappy Five channel "Five Life" is being renamed "Fiver" in a bid to attract younger audiences. Yes that will surely work.

Finally, after watching an episode of Animal Park today on BBC2, starring Ben Fogle and Kate Humble, I feel compelled to remind readers that Longleat is not actually that great, and I think you'll find that West Midlands Safari Park is much better, although Longleat does beat WM on its monkey front.

That's all for now.

Keep media savvy.