Ook!

I thought the last episode of series two was not as good, but then that's still great compared to most TV.

You've been doing really well. Congrats, James :)

What about this one?

We call those crackers, too.

He basically has his own real-life version of Kerbal Space Program.

14/15, and that's because I got the detention block answers mixed up.

:(

We have a tale of the Lambton Worm, a huge serpent or dragon (probably from wyrm) that terrorised the people who lived around the banks of the river Wear in north east England.

"It's Saturday today then?"

I'm glad you're getting the views, James. I'm really enjoying this blog.

They did a spin-off series called 20th Century Roadshow or some such a few years ago that dealt with stuff like this that was still valuable and collectible but didn't really fit in with the stuff they usually feature.

When I was a kid pumpkins weren't really available here in England so my mum would carve out a turnip for us. 25 years later she still tells us how damn long it took and how much it hurt to carve out a solid turnip with a spoon.

It was a while ago but his series Long Way Round, where he and Charlie Boorman went round the world on motorcycles, and the follow-up Long Way Down where they travelled from John-o-groats to Cape Town were really good.

Hey at least it's not a sequel or reboot of something from the 80s*.

It was not an improvement on the CD

The wheels have a fixed diameter, so the axles move up and down, but the bike itself doesn't as the weight is resting on top of the wheel, not the axle.

They're all on Channel 4's on demand site, so if you can make it look like your computer is in the UK then you can stream them.

Rafe Spall is one of those lucky guys, like Matthew Lewis, who got hit with the handsome stick when they got into their early 20s.

Great article, Ursus :)