Last night on the telly (1)

I saw various bits and pieces which are worth mentioning or which reminded me about other things I'd been meaning to mention:

1. On the earlier news (on Channel 4), they showed footage of Nick Clegg coming out of his house, jumping into a big black ugly hatchback limousine type car, then cutting to the same car sweeping into the car park at the Houses of Parliament. For some reason they pixellated out the number plate, despite we all know where he lives and works, what he looks like and so on. What extra protection this pixellation is supposed to afford him is unclear to me.

Later on (on the BBC News channel) they showed a similar montage, however the car registration plate was not pixellated, and I can hereby inform you that the number he was using that day was PK60 PXG. But he's the Deputy PM, no doubt he can organise a new number at the drop of a hat so I doubt this will compromise his security too badly.

2. He then waffled on about the Tories wanting to position the UK in the mid-Atlantic. Geographically, this is nonsense of course, and politically it is a false comparison, just because you don't like the EU does not mean that you want the UK to become the 51st state of the USA either. Twat.

3. They covered the Frozen Planet fakery. I never bother watching any of his programmes, the footage might be impressive but the explanations provided are largely hokum. David Attenborough is, frankly, either a liar or an idiot - he recently claimed that towns are swallowing up hedge rows, for example. He went on to defend his fakery, and despite having worked in television all his life, clearly never read that part about wearing long socks so that when you're sitting down and cross your legs, the viewers are spared the sight of a few inches of pale naked flesh twixt sock and trouser leg. 'Astronaut socks', they are sometimes called.

4. The weather girl on ITV News was Becky Mantin. You can't see her legs when she's on telly, but going by her elbow line/waist relationship (various pictures here), they must be awesomely long.

5. Lenny Henry appeared in an advert for some hotel chain. His Wiki page describes him as "actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter". He clearly can't act, I've no idea what he's ever written and yes, he is occasionally on the telly. But what really puzzles me is the reference to him as a "comedian". To the best of my knowledge, he has never said anything in the slightest bit interesting or intelligent, let alone or funny. Can anybody actually remember ever smiling, giggling, laughing etc at any of his 'jokes' over the past three decades?