Further to my earlier post about merged TV shows... I seem to be watching a mixture of Men Behaving Badly and It ain't half hot mum in the new series of Waterloo Road

Poor BBC. They are having to make cuts in our TV programming and scheduling. Not only does their funding problems mean that programs may be cut, but some programs are being merged.... and it has already started. Last Saturday they decided to merge Robin Hood with an episode of Hustle as the Sheriff of Nottingham tried to con money out of a rather badly accented manager of Hotel Babylon. And on Monday night the BBC went one step too far when they merged Jackanory with Eastenders, and decided to have Pat Butcher read the story 'The Wizard of Oz' "How would you like it if a house fell on you?"- Don't give the script writers ideas

But on ITV they seem to be overdoing things with the merging idea- as seen in Monday's Coronation street, which seemed to be written in a Carry on style- any tired old cliche that could have to Sarah's wedding dress, happened. "Whoooops. There goes the red wine. Didn't see that coming". But it also had a hint of Psycho -(That would be that Platt boy). There was also a hint of Supersize Me- but that might be just the increasing waistline of Todd Grimshaw!

Who knows what will be merged next. Strictly Come Crimewatch?