This week I have been mostly watching...

...'Coast' (thanks to NTL's rather handy On Demand facility). Somehow we missed the BAFTA award-winning series first time around, so it's good to know it's back for more, albeit with a different presenter, Neil Oliver.

A simple mixture of splendid locations, excellent camerawork, fascinating facts and engaging human interest stories, it's great viewing. My favourite installment so far has to be the one focusing on Cornwall, which had us wanting to pack our bags and jump in the car immediately - though from what I recall from a childhood holiday there, the permanent blue sky (and lack of rain) shown in the programme is somewhat deceptive...

In coming days, though, Larry David is likely to be taking over our TV, now that I'm the happy owner of the first two series of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'. An utterly genius laugh-out-loud American sitcom? It's not so very long ago that I would have laughed at the very thought...