Watching television is getting too much like hard work. There are so many programmes that urge you to phone in and vote. Having a vote is a privilege that many have suffered for and many still don't have and it must be taken seriously.

At the moment my responsibilities lie with:-

1. 'Any Dream Will Do' to help the Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber choose Joseph.

2. 'Grease is the Word' to find a Sandy and a Danny.

3. 'The Underdog Show' to choose the Champion rescue dog and 'rescue my career' celebrity.

I have an exercise book for each show and make full and honest notes on singing ability, charisma, whether the Goddesses are showing enough flesh, the quality of the hair and whether noses are wet. I find these catagories work well for all shows.

So I sit there cross referencing and conferencing with the TG, dashing over to Mac to Google technical information, for the nature and temperament of the Shitzu for example, and it's getting very tiring.

It's even worse before and after Christmas with "Pop Idol", "X Factor", "Strictly Dancing", "Dancing on Ice" etc., etc., which go on for months and months.

I never actually exercise my right to vote, that would be fiscally unsound, but I do like to be prepared just in case the television did come to rule my world.

(I'm thinking of going into the Rain Forest to search for a lost tribe or something. Anyone else like to come? Lo, TG Ed)