Quite why I’m obsessed with David Attenborough I’m not sure. I think his programmes are comforting, as well as exceptionally beautiful. The interlocking web of the natural world never ceases to amaze me. I am thus very excited to read of this: although I can only find a few press releases, and details are sketchy, if life in the undergrowth is anything to go by, it will be marvellous.

However, programmes like this are surely TV’s attempts to apologise for big brother. How anyone watches that crap I do not know. For Christ’s sake – there are so many beautiful things on the world upon which one can focus a camera, and all most people want to watch is a few z-list celebrities in a room. Why do we watch this worthless pap – it is not artistic, nor does it contribute to the public knowledge. I mean, the first series was an experiment, so it was OK, but now, after five series, it’s simply trash: an attempt by some ‘celebrities’ to restart their washed-up careers. And this attracts million’s of viewers! This is a sqandering of the potential of television

Sod it. I’m off to read a book.