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Britain from Above - BBC1, Sunday 9pm

As much as I hate being forced to take a break from my favourite TV genre’s, namely sci-fi and trashy dramas, it does leave me free time to view excellent programmes such as Britain from Above.

This also has the added bonus of leaving me smugly feeling that I have also had a bit of an education when I can quote phrases such as  ‘did you know the English Channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world carrying over 400 vessels on its busiest days?’  Or, and this really is special, ‘the water that we pour out of our taps is the same water that we were flushing down our toilets less than a week ago’……nice!

If you haven’t seen the show I highly recommend it and you can catch up on any episode you have missed via the website, which is worth a visit just on its own merit.  Fantastic for showing the kids that there is life beyond Nintendo!