I see Sky Sports beat all the other channels that night!

I was watching in Paris late at night on Canal Plus with the sound turned off and Five Live on my Slingbox for the commentary!

Just think how much higher the ratings would have been if the young man in question had 'charm' and 'charisma' !!!

I tend to "watch TV" late at night with the sound on and the pictures off would you believe, my Mum used to always say that you could tell an older film by how much dialogue was going on, surprisingly not always true. I have treated many a film as a radio play and enjoyed them.
The trouble with the late night Radio 4 stuff that sometimes comes on, the plays are just too short, that said of course, Mum is completely right and you certainly do not have to see "Brief Encounter" to enjoy it, listening is fine.

Ratings for the Murray match would have been much higher had it not just been shown on pay TV.

Hubby was quite annoyed that he missed Theo Walcott's hat-trick because that match was also only on pay TV. He's been saying for months that England need young Walcott to liven up their game, rather than the old has-beens they keep wheeling out. Now they play him and they realise he's what they've been lacking. Nice to see him not acting like a maniac once he scored. Very calm and modest. Very likeable. A fine example to other young players and a credit to his country.

Yes, i do remember Henman as being full of charisma. Not!