Overview

Because I'm good to you, I thought I'd go over the bits and pieces of the week's telly. Sort of an overview, if you like.

First up, I'm going off BBC Three's Wilfred very quickly. Mainly because Wilfred is such an obnoxious character. Somehow I don't think he will be replacing Bouncer as the Nation's favourite Australian pooch anytime soon. This week it was unclear if Wilfred had killed two people. And because Ryan (Elijah Wood) goes along with him so readily it makes his character every bit as unlikable. It is more physiological thriller than comedy these days and I suppose, at some point, it will turn into a Fight Club / Angel Heart type thing and it was Ryan all along. But I have the feeling I won't be around to see it.

Awkward, which seems to be on MTV on a loop, got off to an alright start. Although I'm definitely not the target audience.The writing was sharper than you would expect, kind of like Mean Girls without La Lohan, Heathers without a psychotic Christian Slater, and Vampire Diaries without, well, the vampires.

More 4 kicked off the grandly named The Story of Film: An Odyssey this week. The front man, and creator, of the documentary series is the dry and pretentious Mark Cousins. Whose voice is droning and kind of sleep inducing. He would make a great hypnotist. "And that is how the close up was invented. Now take off all your clothes and eat an onion"

Paul Merton has covered all of the material in the first episode, in his BBC film shows, but with a lot more wit and warmth.

I don't know about you, but I think Neighbours is sinking into one of its periodic cosy comas. Characters who usually do stupid things (Tash and Andrew) are doing stupid things. What Lucas will do with his inherited money isn't exactly an edge of the seat storyline. And everyone else just seems to have bunched into a great blob of marshmallow. But it will crawl out of this slump, it usually does.

On the forthcoming attractions front Too Big to Fail (Thursday SKY Atlantic) looks well worth putting on your planner and if you are not yet into Pointless BBC One 5.15 weekdays what's the hold up?

Over.