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I like Emmerdale, I always watch it! I don't really mind the Wyldes, except for Nathan. I can't stand the slimeball. I think the little boy Will is cute, and funny when he's with Belle Dingle, but he hasn't been in it for ages. Speaking of Belle, I love her character. She's so funny, and the actor who plays her is great. I can't stand Paddy Kirk, he drives me nuts. I really don't think the guy can act either. If I had a choice, he's the one character I'd get rid of above all others. I always disliked Matthew King, but towards the end I really got to like him and I was most upset when he was killed. It should have been Carl King instead, he is a nasty piece of work. How many people has he murdered so far and got away with it? Two? Three?

Don't be nervous, Nightwish! Once you get into it I'm sure you'll be hooked. Many people think it's one of his best.

I still have all the records I bought as I was growing up. I do have a record player, but I haven't listened to any of them in years (but I haven't really listened to any music much lately). I always preferred vinyl to cassettes, purely because you could go straight to the song you wanted without all the tedious rewinding/forward winding involved in finding the right place in cassettes.

I wasn't too bothered about Maj going, from what we saw he didn't really seem to do anything. He seemed like a nice bloke, but was too laid back - he said on the other show that he wasn't even listening to what Sralan was saying when he was called back to the boardroom! I agree that Debra is scary. I wouldn't want her as my boss.

Thanks for the suggestion re Nikita, Frankie! Unfortunately, my PC is so old it's steam-powered, so could never cope with that anyway. Maybe I'll just have to buy a multi-region DVD player! This is ringing vague bells... I think I watched at least some of this, but I can't remember anything about it! Didn't it get cancelled after one series? (As is usually the case... )

I forgot to mention Reaper! I really liked the humour and the relationships between the characters, and the guy who plays the Devil is brilliant. (I think my list is more what they call "genre", rather than strictly sci-fi.)

I'd love to live there, I love that name. Excellent! Edit: Actually, I'm going to change my location for a while in honour of the whole thing. There we are...

This really made me laugh when I saw it in the paper today! Brilliant stuff! I'd love to live on "Treacle Mine Road", I've always loved that name.

Same here about

Ooh yes, I forgot Nikita! I loved this programme. I remember when it started on Channel Five, and we couldn't get reception, so I tried to watch the first episode through a snowstorm of interference. We later got C5, so that was much better! I really want the DVD boxsets, but they only seem to be on Region 1. Joss Whedon is a genius!

Thanks for clearing that up, Ceinwenn! I might read the first book and see how it differs. Frankie, I completely agree with what you said in your spoiler.

What science fiction do I like? Well, anything I've seen by the mighty Joss Whedon: Buffy, Angel, Firefly (though I suppose technically Buffy and Angel aren't sci-fi). After having just finished watching all 7 series of Buffy, I've now decided it's my favourite TV programme ever. Joss's writing is just so excellent, he can make a humorous remark so profound. And his multi-layered characters are excellent; they evolve and are never simply good or evil. Also, he wrote so well about so many different themes: duty, identity, redemption, sexuality... The list is long, but you never felt like you were being preached to due to the excellent writing from the whole team (not just Joss). Brilliant stuff. I actually saw Serenity first, then bought the Firefly boxset (which was kind of the wrong way round), but I really loved the show and was so sad it was cancelled. I have watched all the Stargate that has been on terrestrial TV (C4) but you know what C4 are like so I'm sure there's loads I've missed. I really like Stargate but don't even know which series I've seen! I also quite liked the one series of Atlantis they showed, but not as much as Stargate and they haven't shown any more of it (prats). I enjoyed Roswell until BBC2 stopped showing it. I also like Kyle XY on the same channel, but they were extremely annoying because they showed about half of the first series then took it off air for about 10 months. They've now started to repeat the first series again, so hopefully I will get around to seeing the new episodes soon. I heard great things about the Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, so bought series 1 on DVD, largely due to liking Summer Glau in Firefly. I find this show very hit and miss - the first series was very boring at first but then picked up and got good towards the end. I'm now watching series 2 on Virgin 1, and am frankly struggling to stay interested. I watch in case it's good, but I'm usually bored. I think the main problem is that I don't like Lena Headey's performance as Sarah. Dark Angel was excellent! Another one cancelled before its time. I also really liked The 4400, which was kind of Heroes before they thought of Heroes. And yes, I like Heroes too! Anyone remember Sapphire and Steel? Very spooky in its time! I also loved American Gothic, The Prisoner and Alias (they very probably shouldn't be included here, but I had to mention them). I've never been a Star Trek fan, and haven't seen any of the different series.

Really? That completely surprised me! Once I knew there were books, I thought series 1 was based on the first book, series 2 on the second etc etc... Both series were very good, but as I haven't read the books I can't really compare them!

I haven't read the books but I've just finished watching the second series of Dexter on TV - excellent! Felt sorry for Doakes though...

Was James the one who got told off for banging the table? I didn't like him. I thought they were all useless last night! I think Rocky deserved to go really, because he mucked it up despite having a chain of sandwich shops, so what hope was there for the others?

Thanks for the review, Fionen. This has been languishing on my TBR pile for at least a couple of years now - I started it but just couldn't get into it. It might get another try sometime!

Sin City? Surely not! I thought it was very good, though quite difficult to watch at times because I don't like gore either.

Well, it wasn't too bad. Friar Tuck made an interesting addition, and it was good to see Robin and Guy struggling to deal with Marian's death. Guy needs to wash his hair sometime this year though, as he's not looking as attractive as he could be. And "spondoolicks"?! Good grief, I know it doesn't exactly try to be historically correct, but that really jarred. (And yes, ITV's Robin of Sherwood was far superior.)

In the end I decided to watch Robin Hood, so I'm taping this at the moment.

As for Twilight, I know absolutely nothing about it except it's to do with vampires. I don't like the vampire genre (says the girl who's just finished watching all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and has the lovely Spike as her avatar). Isn't he just? Anyway... ahem... There are no vampires in Robin Hood whatsover. *lame attempt to pretend this post is on topic*

I completely agree! I voted "all the time", as I read a lot of YA books, usually the fantasy genre. I read all the usual suspects: Pullman, Horowitz, Colfer etc, but get quite a lot of books from Red House that I'd never usually find out about. Two standout books I read recently were The Hunger Games and The Knife of Never Letting Go. Both were excellent and were the first book in a series, so I've more to look forward to.

Karla, Watchers is definitely a good one to start with. It's one of my favourites and I really enjoyed it. I can't remember Twilight Eyes at all, so it obviously didn't make that much of an impression on me!

OMG! Easter Saturday!! I didn't know the first special was on then. Excellent!

Can you please stop depressing me? I'm the same age as you!