TV

[wellinghall]

Animal Park is clearly on every day. There is a limit to the amount of Kate Humble that even I can watch. (Admittedly, this limit is quite high, although not quite as high as the limits for Saba Douglas-Hamilton and Charlotte Uhlenbroek (sp?)).

And so is The Weakest Link. If it isn't the regular version, it's the "celebrity" version.

Masterchef, on the other hand, is only on every week. Every f*cking week. Again, if it isn't the regular version, it's the "celebrity" version.

And so is Cash in the Attic. Sometimes the regular and "celebrity" versions are on on the same day.

But worst of all are the Confused.com car insurance adverts. They are even worse than the Elephant and Hastings car insurance adverts that used to be on.

(Some will say that I watch too much TV; and they are undoubtedly right. But it's more the case that I have the TV on as a background to reading a book, writing up notes etc. If the cricket isn't on the radio. Or, given the way England are going at the moment, even when the cricket is on the radio).

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[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

I've learnt through many years spent largely at home that you just don't watch any of the above (or not often) or it numbs your brain or makes you annoyed, or both, even. (Of course, for those days when you really WANT to numb yourself, the above can be used to good effect although I have more mindnumbing recommendations ;D

How about the radio, or music, or listen-again radio, or even rolling news? (I do find channels without ads slightly better for the purpose you described even if the progs are drivel). I also record things in the afternoon & evening on the digibox that at that time I would not have had time to watch and then put them on in the daytime when it feels too quiet, either to watch & just listen to. (ie. things that are not my A-list of much watches, but half-reasonable documentaries, Relocation Relocation repeats or whatever takes my fancy at the time). And the ads are more varied in primetime ;)