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Ooh Phoenix, you are so lucky to be new to Pratchett and have all his back catalogue ahead of you! I loved it when I discovered Pratchett. And sometimes Waterstone's have 3 for 2 on his books!

What an awful selection - I don't like any of them! Robert Carlyle is the best of a bad bunch there. I think I'll go for Richard Armitage instead - it would be nice if they replaced someone I fancy with someone else I fancy! But I think he could do it, he's quite a good actor. He's done nasty in Robin Hood and sweet and nice in the Vicar of Dibley.

Yes, I have! It is a clever design.

Loopyloo, I have this book! I thought it sounded interesting but I haven't yet got past the first chapter (don't know why as it's quite an interesting beginning). I might make it the next one on my TBR list.

I take it you weren't that keen then, Burghead Lass? Or maybe you just need room for more books! I'd have 'em, except I've already got them.

Very sad to hear this. I heard it said a long time ago, but was hoping it wasn't true. I adore David Tennant. I wouldn't like Robert Carlisle to replace him, I think he'd be too agressive. *Suddenly remembers The Full Monty and thinks that he might be ok after all* I wasn't keen on Ecclestone - he was OK at the time, but he always seemed slightly unhinged to me.

Thanks for that Supergran, it helps a lot!

I've never watched Spooks before, but I've started watching this series purely because Richard Armitage is now in it (and I fancy him! ). It wasn't bad, I quite enjoyed it. The only trouble is I don't know the back stories of any of the characters. I gather that Ros is very cold (is that an act?) and had a thing with Adam (or wanted to). The other girl - she'd had some kind of traumatic experience? Maybe I'll find a website when I've more time and read up on it.

Yay! Mark has gone! As John (undeservedly) went through, I wanted him to go as he was the next worst. So I'm pleased with that, and pleased that Heather wasn't in the dance-off again, as she wasn't that bad. I'm not sure about next week's dances Stephanie - I was just walking out the room when I thought I heard Brucie say something about everyone doing a different dance next week. I could be wrong, but if that's true it's a bit bizarre.

Those singers are getting worse. After murdering the Kaiser Chiefs song last week, they did the same to REM's Everybody Hurts. Awful. It put me off the dancing. Strange night tonight... The paso doble is my favourite, but no-one ever does it really well. I thought Andrew did better than usual, and I liked Jodie's attack in the paso. Cheri had very good arms in the paso, but not enough drama. I liked Austin's waltz, and Tom's, though it got panned by the judges. John is very poor - his paso consisted of marching forwards and backwards!! But at least he didn't smile through it. And was it just me, or was Len in a weird, very narky mood tonight? He really peed off Arlene, who turned her back on him at one point! Loved Tess's faux pas when she said to the pro dancer (can't remember who) "Stop playing with yourself!" when he kept rubbing his chest! Everyone was laughing and Brendan was in hysterics, then she realised what she'd said!

I'm starting to not really enjoy this series. I found last night's episode quite boring. I too am sick of the whole present/future thing - I think it's overused and there's too much shown of the future. It used to just be a tantalising glimpse of how things could turn out, but now it seems as though half of it's set there. There's too much on the Petrellis (who I've never really liked) and not enough on other characters. Where's Micah's cousin(?) for example? I can't remember her name, but she was the one who could watch something and then be able to do it, like kung fu or cooking. She was really sweet and I liked her ability. The whole thing's getting a bit stale for me.

Er... I was too busy ogling Lancelot to notice the absence of the dragon!! Really?! I thought the name seemed familiar but I never realised it was him... He seems much more attractive as Sir Lancelot, cos I never fancied him in Heroes!

Looks like you were right Inver - John got the sympathy vote! He is this year's Kate Garroway. I could not believe how that singer last night murdered the Kaiser Chiefs song. It was so appalling it stopped me enjoying the paso doble demonstration.

Beef, I tend to agree with your reasoning! Well, that was a nasty opening to an episode, that evil Angela Petrelli feeding that poor woman to Sylar. Charming. Obviously her power wasn't impressive enough. I wasn't that keen on this episode. The bit with Claire and her mother in the container - most of the time I couldn't make out what was being said. I got that her mum was trying to make her be honest about why she wanted to fight, but I didn't hear Claire's reason clearly because of all the panting and heavy breathing (due to the heat in the container, obviously, rather than all the watching males ). Can anyone enlighten me? Anyway, nothing much else has stuck in my memory, so it can't have been that good IMO. Hope the next one is better!

What do you all think Betty's decision was? I think she went to Henry, and the plane flying over at the end was to make you think she'd gone with Gio. Personally, I think she's in a lose-lose situation - I can't stand either of them! I've never liked Gio, and I've gone right off Henry. It was an OK episode, but kind of depressing. I felt so sorry for Daniel, ousted by his own sister. To be honest, I wish Betty and Daniel would get together! Funniest bit was when Naomi Campbell took out her mobile phone and everyone ducked! I also liked the flashback to High School PE and the "human shield" thing (cruel, but funny). I'm looking forward to this returning next year.

Can I just say - Sir Lancelot!! Mmmm. I thought he was going to be a regular character - I was gutted when he rode off at the end. Still, I think he might be back. I suppose I'd better comment on the rest of the episode! Another good one - the griffin was well done, and I liked the discussion of the unfairness about the rules governing who could be a knight. King Uther is an utter tosspot and an idiot to boot: Lancelot just saved his only son's life, so he rewards him by throwing him in the dungeon because he lied about being noble. That's gratitude for you. Then he says later about the rules being wrong - hello, you're the KING. Why not change the rules?! I really hate this character. Anyway, I enjoyed this episode. And did I mention that Sir Lancelot was absolutely gorgeous?!

I agree Janet! Everyone goes on about his lovely pecs but I think they look awful. He has a very strange body shape. Well, I was rather underwhelmed tonight, but the American Smooth and Samba are not my favourite dances. I was bored by quite a lot of the performances. Jodie Kidd was surprisingly good. I thought Tom was the best of the night. Cherie, who I usually like, I found quite boring. Rachel Stevens - I want to like her, and I think her dancing is technically good, but there's something missing from her performance, some kind of sparkle (like Alesha had) that she is lacking. John Sergeant - oh dear, what can I say? His samba looked like a waltz!! He just never speeded up. As we thought, he can't do the faster dances. Don was not good either. I've never known an actor with such a complete lack of facial expressions. And although the judges raved over Lisa's dance, I wasn't impressed. Also, I didn't think Heather was as bad as they said. I felt sorry for her, because they didn't say one positive thing to her, and they could have done. I'm looking forward to tomorrow, cos I think there's going to be a paso doble performed, and that's my favourite dance!

Is this the rock hard, crumbly chocolate pudding? I used to love that! We had ours with chocolate custard. Mmm.