After months and months (about, let’s see, 7 to be precise) of not having any type of television reception whatsoever, we finally decided that we’d get a new aerial installed. Yesterday morning the helpful chappie turned up and a short while later there was television. And it was good.

Well, actually, no it wasn’t. I’ve been surprised at how much I haven’t missed having the goggle-box available. Sure I watch a lot of films on DVD and yes there have been somethings I would like to have seen but even after one evening I realised that there’s been a lot more that I’m bloody glad we’ve been unable to contaminate our domestic habitat with (namely; most soaps, all reality TV and the general detritus that pollutes the air waves.)

That being said, I’m now torn tonight between watching the new one-off version of Frankenstein on ITV or Session 9 on DVD. It’s a total dilemma! Yes, I can always watch the DVD tomorrow but if I watch it tonight, I can return it tomorrow and get a new film by Saturday. Alternatively, I could record Frankenstein and watch that later.

Or I could if I actually had a working video recorder - that’s been out of action for nearly two years!