Well I ended up watching The Deal on Channel 4 which I quite enjoyed. I still have to catch up with most of Boudica (although one of the opening scenes I have watched demonstrates the tight budget it must have been made under). Byron part 2 still sits on the video as well. I did manage to catch an absolutely superb Panorama about the situation in Iraq just now. The interviews with US soldiers were particularly revealing, as they were very honest in their views on camera.
I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to The West Wing last night as I was busy on the PC, so I recorded the late night (an advert-light) repeat later on. Then, when I saw a very good Discovery Channel documentary entitled The Story of Computer Games. I missed the start, but it seemed to be UK produced (I didn't catch a production company credit) since it concentrated on the number of bedroom coders in the days of the ZX Spectrum and C64. Then it went on examine Nintendo and Miyamoto, before looking at Tetris. Not really that up to date although it did have a 2003 production date on it.
When I went channel hopping later on I discovered that E4 had slipped out the first part of Kingpin. This aired on NBC last summer and is a mini-series set amongst Mexican/American drug barons. Since I'd missed most of it, I again set the video to record the late repeat of that as well. It's typical that E4 get something that's been well received, but are far too busy plugging garbage like Joe Millionaire. I fail to understand why E4 persist in buying these US "reality" shows when the British public really fail to empaphise with the contestants. And the real problem with Joe Millionaire is that they've already blown the surprise. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the surprise wasn't broken early in the States.
Posted by adambowie at October 1, 2003 05:20 PM