Thank God For Sky+

Tuesday nights are fast becoming the best TV night of the week, thanks to three ultimately different shows, which as usual, are all on at the same time.

3 Non-Blondes is probably one of my favourite comedy shows of all time so I had high hopes for Little Miss Jocelyn. And while it is wholly unoriginal, it’s not bad at all. Jocelyn Jee Esien is a great comic actress and the “no-one knows I’m black”, “US President” and “businesswoman throwing a tantrum” sketches are as good as anything on the much more acclaimed Catherine Tate show. Unfortunately it does suffer from French and Saunders syndrome, particularly with the marriage guidance characters, where the more unfunnier a sketch is, the longer it seems to go on. Another series of 3 Non-Blondes would have been better but it’s a decent substitute.

Sky One’s Big Ron Manager is an unintentionally hilarious programme about Ron "I signed Cyril Regis so I'm not a racist" Atkinson attempting to help the glamorous Peterborough United get promoted. Sort of like a Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares for football. Except that Peterborough aren't a nightmare. They were on the verge of a play off-place. And Atkinson's presence doesn't help them one iota. Indeed they end up losing nearly every match, missing it out on promotion and a much needed few million. Ultimately, you end up feeling sorry for all concerned. The actual manager, Steve Bleasdale, for being undermined by his chairman, the team who can see glory slipping away through every game, and Big Ron himself, who wanders around each episode like a lost soul, not quite knowing why he's there or what he's exactly supposed to do.

And then there's Lost, which I’m still persevering with despite it infuriating me nearly every episode. Why does no-one ask any questions? At all? Like when they keep on meeting “The Others”, why does no-one ask who they are, where have they come from, how long they have been there etc. And why do characters seem to keep being forgotten at the drop of a hat. Michael’s been missing half this series and yet no-one seems to mention him. I forgot he existed until he turned up at the end of last week’s episode.

I’ve managed to avoid any spoilers so far but I’ve been told by various people that something unexpected happens tonight. (Edit - I certainly wasn't expecting THAT!) Maybe Hurley will actually lose some weight then? Anyway, It’s still intriguing enough to watch but you do sometimes get the feeling that you are wasting an hour of your life watching this every week, and that when it finally ends, probably in about 2023, that it will all lamely turn out to be one big dream.