Back in the days before reality TV seemed to dominate every second of every day, TV showed some fantastic programmes: proper comedy, interesting documentaries, and more sci-fi than you could shake a stick at. By the year 2000 we were meant to be living on the Moon, walking our dogs in zero gravity and shooting aliens left right and centre. Well, a quick look outside shows that while the ground is white, it’s because we’re having the heaviest snow fall in six years, and the only aliens in my house are whats growing on my pots and pans. I don’t even have a dog, space helmeted or not.

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