The excellent Channel 4 sit-com Green Wing has just finished its second series.
I love everything about it. I love the casting, the writing, the editing, the music.
It’s just about the only current British TV programme that can hold a candle to the best of US television. A ten-foot long pink candle, in the shape of a penis, admittedly, but if it’s the best we can do I’m quite happy.
If this programme were on the BBC it would be followed by an announcement saying, “if you’ve been affected by any of the issues in tonight’s programme – dwarf-murdering, Clanger-phobia and terminal illness – then you can call our helpline…”