Merlin - BBC1, Saturday 7.30pm

At last a decent series to replace Doctor Who, Primeval and all the other Saturday primetime shows that we enjoy watching with the family.

Knowing how rubbish some of these shows turn out to be, I tuned in to Merlin on Saturday with low expectations…..low and behold we all sat glued to the screen and enjoyed every minute of it.  One of the reasons it was so enjoyable was probably down to the brilliant CGI which was created by the Doctor Who special effects team.

We also took great pleasure in ‘character spotting’ ……that is seeing how many characters from our other favourite TV shows popped up this week and no doubt others will follow.  Tony Head who played a scarey Headmaster in Doctor Who was the first and soon followed by Eve Myles, who isn’t very scarey in Torchwood, but had us hiding behind our cushions as the very creepy witch trying to avenge her sons’ death.

This looks set to become a firm favourite in our household so I hope the rest of the series is as good.