Amused by a variety of things

[stephbg]

I feel like I've watched an awful lot of broadcast free-to-air television this last week, and for some reason I feel the urge to list it. I've got to say the elephant autopsy did rather stand out in my mind, although looking back it was actually the romcom 27 Dresses that bucked the trend. Draw what conclusions you might from my selections. Also, feel free to make suggestions if you think there's something I'm missing.



TV watched in the week starting Saturday April 24 2010:

Heartland (horse soap)
Doctor Who (SF)
Animal Emergency (animal action docco)
V (SF)
Merlin (F)
The Good Wife (legal drama with no science whatsoever)
House (medical drama with science (ish))
The Big Bang Theory (comedy with science)
Mythbusters (explosions with science)
Man Vs Wild (words fail me)
Dirty Jobs (OH&S disasters with surprisingly witty commentary, often featuring animals)
QI (Stephen Fry being delicious in a quiz show)
Inside Nature's Giants (that would be the elephant dissection and autopsy - this week it's a giraffe) (animal science docco)
The Ghost in Your Genes (science docco)
Cheese Slices (weekly docco about cheesemaking featuring a lot of mould aka food porn/horror/science/history/politics/geography/linguistics/engineering (cheese is very exciting stuff))
Dog Squad (animal action docco)
Movie: 27 Dresses (romcom)
Catalyst (science docco)
Italian Food Safari (food porn)
Bonekickers (some archaological science was mentioned at some point during program development)

Eeek. Plus various news broadcasts, and normally there'd be a Spicks and Specks, a Good News Week, and a Movie Show as well. And I'll usually watch at least enough Iron Chef to get the secret ingredient.

I'm finding Bonekickers very odd. The promos call it a cross between Indiana Jones and CSI, and it's by the Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes people (rather curiously written by a Matthew Graham woo spooky). I'd put it more between Time Team and Torchwood, but TT has spoiled me for TV-friendly archaology. I'm trying not to shout at the screen when bones and artifacts come out of the ground shiny and intact (it would be a smear of rust if you're lucky!), and any time someone says "This proves {insert wild hypothesis here}!", or steals documents. However, I heartily approve whenever the archaeologists insist on going to the pub. *That* I believe.

Comments

[rabbit1080.livejournal.com]

yikes, that's a lot of telly!

"inside nature's giants" looks fascinating. and there's another episode next week

[rabbit1080.livejournal.com]

I remembered about the giraffe episode in time to catch the 2nd half tonight. Wow, that was awesome - thanks for the heads-up!

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Interesting. The only 'telly' I watch is on Saturday with Poss, but then for a good few hours. Perhaps I'll watch some this week when Rob is in Melbourne. If I can figure out how to turn the telly on.