Tonight on The Bill the cops raided a rent-boy brothel. The boys and their punters were sitting round listening to Joy Division when the bobbies burst in! How funny is that! Could it have been a master-stroke by the producers as they knew that the Joy Division were a bunch of prostitutes kept at the concentration camps to 'satisfy' the Nazi officers? Or was it just a fluke and they used that particular track as it sounded a bit grim and depressing and they wanted to make the situation as noir as possible? Who can tell with dumb ITV.

While we're on the subject of dumbed down telly (which I love) wasn't Coronation Street brilliant tonight! Deirdre and Tracy fighting and then falling into the swimming pool! Genius! Tracy had stolen her Granny's boyfriend as she thought he was a millionaire. Of course, he wasn't and she ended up looking like a right gold-digging cnut. Priceless!

AND! AND! I've just found out that Amanda Barrie ('Alma' in Coronation Street for years and Carry On films before that) came out today in the Daily Mirror! She's a lezzy! Respect!