Body Snatcher is brilliant; very loosely based on the R.L. Stevenson story of the same name, which in turn references the infamous exploits of Burke and Hare, who in the early 19th century supplied corpses to Dr Knox; they began by digging up dead bodies, then realised it was more reliable (and easier, given the…

Blackadder's withering 'You utter creep' to Melchett - after Melchie pretends not to recognise Queenie, and asks where the sailor who greeted him has gone - is absolutely perfect.

Agreed. I don't watch Ray Donovan, but I can see how, to Bill Masters, anyone who desires something other than clinical precision and objective analysis from him would be considered 'emotionally needy'.

I remember reading somewhere - probably here, now I think of it - that MoS series 2 was supposed to debut in the fall of 2014, and had then been pushed forward to summer 2014. Which had a few people wondering if series 2 would suffer as a result. I guess not. . . .

Yes, I was surprised there was no nomination for the show as Best Whatever (because it seems entirely random what category a show has been nominated in), for Sheen, or for the writers ('Catherine' comes to mind).

Apropos of this, anyone surprised/annoyed/outraged (delete where applicable) that Masters of Sex didn't get an Emmy nod for - whatever category the show was submitted in? And that Michael Sheen didn't get a nod for Best Actor?

Is Libby Masters really 'emotionally needy'? Or is it that she wants a husband who treats her as - not an equal, exactly, because that wouldn't have been entirely in keeping with the time the show is set in, but as a mature human being to whom he owes certain things, such as respect, and honesty? And maybe a certain…

My favourite is from the intro to 'The Lumberjack Song' (which of course I love, and which Global News Vancouver showed in part on Canada Day), where Palin says 'Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia!' When I first heard it I lived at the mouth of one mighty BC river (the…

I love 'Crowds are flocking to see a member of the famous Royal Canadian Mounted Geese.' But then again I would, as I'm Canadian and my dad was a Mountie (the more traditional kind).

And it is a very silly place.

'The aristocrats he plunders gives the whole thing a vague sort of Scarlet Pimpernel-vibe.'

I watched today's two episodes this morning, and while the first one went for 31 minutes, I was surprised when the closing credits came up at 24 minutes; it's been so long since I saw the episode I thought there'd be more after. But nope; it ended at 25 minutes. I'll have to look at the cut bits and see if I remember…

In a bunch, in a bunch!

Nicely spotted, sir. Huzzah!

Without Silva the defence simply collapsed. Germany had tons of room down the middle, and German players were left unmarked; it's as if no one was in charge of the Brazilian defence and everyone was just winging it, having forgotten some of the fundamental strategies of the game in the process. It almost seems as if…

Anyone interested in Jack the Ripper will probably be interested in the series of killings that took place in London around the same time, and have been dubbed the Thames Torso Murders. Body parts from a series of mutilated women (only one of whom, I think, was ever identified) were found in and along the Thames over…

Coincidentally, Sugden's book is beside me as I type, as I was referring to it last night. Agreed that it's probably the best and most un-sensational of the Ripper books I've seen, being as it is very careful to differentiate between known fact and unsubstantiated speculation.

Is it cruel to say that Amy Brenneman can convey more emotion with just her face than Liv Tyler can with actual lines?

Same here. By scooting to within two feet of the set I caught the last message - 'I remember' - but that was it. For a minute before that I thought we were going to get a lengthy one-sided conversation with just Liv Tyler doing the talking, and was ready to give up.

Been dropping by the Walking Dead marathon on AMC at odd minutes over the weekend. Come for the awesome set-pieces you remember, don't stay for the endless exposition that just goes in circles, the wheel-spinning, and characters' refusal to say something simple and natural that would clear up a lot of misunderstanding…