Because it's intelligently written and directed and has depth plus I am SO happy to see older people on TV - the actors are all excellent (James Bolam turning cold this week was stunning)... it has been getting better and better every series.

Oh, and I like the theme - well done Mike Moran and Dennis W.

But how annoying putting The Zimmers on against it.

Thank God for DVD recorders.

And by the way, brain dead BBC2 schedulers, where's MONK gone?