Later... with Jools Holland is consistently far and away the best music program on TV. It feels very informal, very personal and it's great to see damn good musicians just perform without any bells or whistles. Last night's program (which it seems like you can still watch from the Beebs web page) was just fantastic. The Chill Peppers are better than ever (and put on a phenomenal live performance), Thom Yorke's performance (sadly only one song) was amazing. Kean, Bellowhead, Klaxons, The Be Good Tanyas and Anthony David - such varied genres but all fantastic. Great great stuff.
In other great-TV news, the awesome new Jack Dee series, Lead Balloon has been given another series. If you've not seen it, you should really track it down. Basically it's the UK Curb Your Enthusiasm, except better. It's great to see Jack Dee back and as dead-pan as ever. It sounds like it's been a bit of a success for the Beeb, starting life on BBC Four then being quickly moved to BBC Two after a few episodes. The new series will be 8 episodes instead of 6 too. I can't wait!
And of course, Battlestar Galactica just keeps getting better and better. Best sci-fi series ever. Episode 9 will be watched later ;)
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