New to the Hallmark Channel: 80s classic, TJ Hooker.
William Shatner stars as a tough and cynical ex-cop, forced to go on the game to fund his one-man crusade to rid the streets of crime.
Out now, on Betamax, VHS and Philips V2000 - A cinematic classic.
Today in 1815: The Duke of Wellington deployed 'comedy' duo, Cannon & Ball, at the battle of Waterloo Railway Station, boring the French into submission.
Book News: Andrew Morton to release the truth about an MFI plot to kill Princess Diana, because she was failing to keep up repayments on a self-assembly bedside cabinet.
Editor's Choice, in this month's Gramophone Magazine:
Soprano diva Ms Copsitck, accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Tom O'Connor), sings a beautiful selection of popular Italian operatic arias, including selections from La Traviata, La Boheme, Tosca and Cavalleria Rusticana. Sandy Toksvig joins her in an emotionally charged performance of the famous Act I love duet from Verdi's Otello.
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I apologise to my readers that I have not been able to think of anything amusing for one whole week now. Until I do, may I present a photograph which may be of some interest. I took this at 1am on Friday, in a local nightspot, your Blogmaster enjoying his annual brush with night-life. This is none other than Jimmy White, looking rather seedy, watching ladies on the dancefloor, snapped by me on my mobile phone. Earlier that evening he had been doing an 'exhibition night' at a local snooker club, and actually was right beside me in the toilets at one point. But I was too shy to speak. I just froze! 
