After last week's live-show taster of the New Zealand comedy duo The Flight Of The Conchords, the series proper started last night on BBC Four. You'll remember that FOTC comprises Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie (though the New Zealand accent had me convinced he was called 'Brit'...) and this HBO series follows them as they try to break America, and 'get girls'.

Like all good double acts, Jermaine and Bret have a natural chemistry that clearly has nothing to do with acting, but unlike most, there's not really a defined difference between them. They're both deluded, both outwardly convinced that they're great, and massively popular, and inwardly aware that they're not.

Thinking about Home and Away takes me back. Back to when I wore white ankle socks over grey tights to school and played ‘elastics’ (does anyone else remember this game?) It was the early 1990s and together with other Aussie import Neighbours, my television viewing between 5.10 and 6pm was all sewn up. Home and Away produced many young, tear away female characters from Angel to Emma Jackson (as played by X Factor judge Dannii Minogue) but there was always one good girl, namely Sally Fletcher. Now sadly, actress Kate Ritchie has announced plans to leave the soap after twenty years and is venturing forth onto pastures new.

Kate, who joined the soap back in 1988 and has picked up some awards during her long-running stint, will continue working on the show until the end of the year with her final scenes set to shoot in December. In a statement by the Seven Network, Richie said: "I have been blessed with a job that I have loved for the past 20 years and I wouldn't take back one moment of my time on Home and Away but I feel that it is time for change. My decision to leave the show has not been made lightly and despite being sad to say goodbye I am excitedly looking forward to what will be the next chapter of my life."

I understand that Lost is meant to keep you a little bit baffled, as you sit perched on the edge of your seat with an unattractively furrowed brow. But one of my long-time gripes with the Sky One saga has been the treatment of character Libby. They set up a past for her with Hurley and Desmond, gave her a promising romance and then whaddayaknow the girl is dead. Good news for me (and other fans that share my frustration) as actress Cynthia Watros is set to return to the show for "multiple episodes” in its upcoming fourth season.

Executive producer Carlton Cuse explained to TV Guide: "She'll be in enough of the show for us to fill in the missing pieces of her story. We could not be more pleased. Cynthia is a smart and engaging actor, and [we] have some very cool parts of her story left to tell." Hallelujah! I’m pretty chuffed at this news, as any chance to fill in the millions of plot holes in Lost is always warmly received. And coming after the revelation that Harold Perrineau as Libby’s killer Michael will also be back – it’s almost too much to take in. I must go lie down.

[via Digital Spy]

Should people who are overweight get any treatment in hospitals? How about smokers? Should they be barred from surgery on the NHS? Is refusing care justified on medical grounds? In short, no. Sorry rape victim, not going near you, you smell of fags and hamburgers. Of course, I'm using an unnecessarily harsh example to grab your attention, for which I apologise.

Quite why the ITV newsroom would want to look at this is beyond me, but that's what they're doing in Too Fat for Treatment: Tonight (ITV1, Monday, 8pm). This kind of titillating horsefart is guaranteed to get my hackles up. Should we stop treatment for rock climbers? 'You were asking for it... now take your smashed up spine elsewhere... we've got boring people to look after.' I've no idea which side of the fence this show sits on (it won't be impartial... broadcasters rarely are if we're being honest), but it seems like a non starter. You pay your taxes, you deserve treatment. Anyone who says otherwise is a heartless oaf (that saves on heart operations in fairness). Should they be debating 'Should the tax from packets of cigarettes only go to those who smoke?' That would be interesting.

It's time to get your brain working with a quiz about all things TV. The format is simple. Answer questions and get nothing but the glory! The answers, as ever, will be over the jump.

1. Who is this fine strapping lad here?
2. Who said this? "Do my worst, eh? ...release the robotic Richard Simmons."
3. Who worked at Pontypandy Fire Station?
4. Name the odd one out. Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin, Maggie Philbin, Chris Tarrant, John Craven.
5. What was the name of the TV producer behind The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Charlie's Angels and Beverley Hills 90210? (Clue, he has a famous daughter)
6. Which sitcom was based in a Peckham barber shop which was the hub of the local West Indian community?
7. Which comedian is really called Leslie Heseltine?

How did you do? Any full marks? Tell us in the comments section. Read over for the answers.

Over the years, the BBC (like any other big company) have suffered from strikes by staff. I witnessed one first hand in Manchester quite recently. Previously, the biggest was at the tail end of 1978 when our screens were filled with silence and apologies (see accompanying image). Now, another strike is gaining support across the corporation, with staff angry at possible cuts to the BBC's news operations.

According to The Guardian, head of BBC News Peter Horrocks has said in an email that many editors in the news department "believe there will be strong support for action," because staff want to protect their jobs, and see cuts to the news budget as not delivering what the public want from the BBC. Horrocks says in the email: "Many of the assistant editors will be militant as they are under threat themselves."

For a start, there are so few images of Charlie Brooker on the web that I'm resorting to a cartoon he drew of himself for his Screen Burn column in The Guardian. Still, don't let that detract from the fact that his TV show, Screen Wipe (BBC4, Tuesday, 10pm) is probably the best thing on the box at the moment (and if that moment only includes the half hour from 10pm 'til 10.30pm on a Tuesday night then so be it).

Screen Wipe, for those of you who haven't seen it (there really is no excuse for it... I've been banging on about it for the best part of a year now) is a look at TV wrongs through the unswerving eye of Brooker. He deconstructs the box, peers in, yells at the plasma/cathode tube tells it to grow up before slumping in his armchair and wondering where everything went so horribly wrong. Yep. If I could have his job, I'd kill him for it.

I think that it's a bit rich to expect me to go and catch my tea after I've been busting my balls all day at work. I know that some of the most wonderful food is (virtually) at my doorstep, but really, when I've finished working, I'm not trudging around a moor with a rifle looking for ducks. It seems this is what Wild Gourmets (Channel 4, Tuesday, 8.30pm) wants me to do. Well yaaabooo... sucks to you!

This series follows award-winning cook (aren't they all?) Thomasina Miers and outdoor type Guy Grieve as they search for the wild food in Britain. It's lessons in seasonal grub and the like. Thomasina and Guy found themselves in East Anglia for the start of the game season, shooting game birds and snuffling for vegetables. Sorry... is this exactly what Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall does?

26 September 1987 saw the first ever appearance of the Chuckle Brothers in their most famous children's TV show ChuckleVision, although Barry and Paul Chuckle had been seen previously in costume as two large furry dogs in ChuckleHounds. The purveyors of banana skins, custard pies and mushy peas have been entertaining children since winning the ITV talent show New Faces in 1974, but got their big break through another big dog in Ashton-under-Lyne, in the mid-1980s.

"We were asked to do a tour with Ward Allen, the ventriloquist with a big dog," explained Paul, "so we went to Ashton-under-Lyne, and one afternoon there were 28 people. We thought we'd just go out and enjoy ourselves. What we didn't know was Martin Hughes and Peter Risdale Scott from the BBC were in the circle upstairs." This led to their big break and the lads have been entertaining children ever since. And not only children. Their "To You, To Me" catchphrase is a favourite with removal men the length and breadth of the UK. [via BBC News]

Channel 4 has been in touch to ask me to flag this compo up. The competition closes on September 26th, so you haven't got much time, so here's a last call to all Shameless fans - Channel 4 is offering you the chance to become an extra on the show. One lucky winner will get a role as a walk-on extra in the brand-new series, with the chance to share the screen with the Gallagher clan. A six pack of Special Brew is optional.

To stand a chance, you need to go to the Shameless myspace site (here) and explain why you should be part of the show. Extra credit will be given to people adding MySpace profile pictures dressed as one of the characters from the show. Get going if you fancy it.

After Sarah Jane's triumphant return to Doctor Who in School Reunion (an underrated episode overall, I reckon - the Mickey/K9/tin dog thing, Anthony Head, Sarah Jane vs. Rose: all great) we didn't have to wait long before she appeared in a pilot of her own series: The Sarah Jane Adventures, shown last Christmas. It *has* taken a while, however, for the full series to make it to our screens, but I think it was worth the wait.

The pilot was good-looking, funny, and large on ambition and, luckily, it seems that Lord Russell T Davies (give it time) has brought all three to the series proper. Yes, some may bemoan the return of the Slitheen (geek alert - I thought the whole family had been wiped out in Downing Street, apart from Blaine..?) but we have to be thankful to RTD for giving the kids clever, lovingly-made TV.

And about time too, you might say, seeing as though we're nearly in October. But let's not quibble, it looks like there are some fabulous dramas, comedies and documentaries (including ones on the arts of all things - imagine that!) coming up on what is quickly becoming one of TVScoop's favourite channels.

The centrepiece of the Autumn schedules is an Andrew Davies-penned adaptation of the John Cleland novel Fanny Hill. Davies is the go-to guy for period dramas, and while you might think it would do the genre good to branch out a little, the fact is he's *brilliant*. Bleak House was a massive hit with audiences and critics alike, and he wrote the only truly enjoyable adaptation - of Northanger Abbey - during ITV's recent Jane Austen season. The drama will be supported by two documentaries, The Curse Of Success and The Age Of Excess which will look at the author and his times.

We've seen some bloke on the Beeb hanging around with Tribes and getting up to all kinds of mischief... but what if the roles were reversed? Well, it seems that Channel 4 have thought just that and arranged for five men from the South Pacific island of Tanna to swap their normal life in favour of Britain in Meet The Natives (Channel 4, Thursday, 9pm).

If you manage to stop yourself from thinking that a fair bit of exploitation is going on (ie, let's dress up 'laugh at the villagers in the name of anthropology') you might just have a bit of fun with this show. What will stun them all the most? Our stupid fashions? Playstations? Cars? Tesco Extras? Chewing gum? Funnily enough, it's none of those things, rather, it's the way we keep pigs.

The IT Crowd... the jury is still very much in this house, but some of my mates absolutely love it. So it must be doing something right.

Channel 4 type people sent me some clips to flag up this Friday's show (episode six), so have a look and decide for yourselves!

When you're giving a TV programme a kicking, you are mostly looking for that one line that manages to undercut the whole premise of the show whilst hitting the nail square on the head. It's a very difficult skill, but one seemingly owned by a Manchester judge.

The judge condemned ITV1's The Jeremy Kyle Show as a "human form of bear baiting" after a guest on the programme became the first person convicted of assault on a British talk show. Manchester district judge Alan Berg (officially my new hero) made his comments after David Staniforth was fined £300 plus £60 costs for headbutting bus driver Larry Mahoney during a row on stage.

Do you remember being told about Alan 'Crusher' Titchmarsh throwing John McCririck off his TV show for generally being an odious git? Well, here it is, in video form, for you enjoyment!

I can't bear Nigella Lawson. I really can't. Once, I could ignore her and let her get on with being the nation's favourite toffo chef. Now? Well, since Monday nights became terrible for TV, she's been hijacking my living room and flirting with herself, her huge chest, her pots and pans and grinning like a simpleton. There's something unsettling about her and her smile... a bit like getting a cuddle from a murderer.

Nigella Express (BBC2, Monday, 8.30pm) is an attempt to show us all that, apart from the fact Nigella is a very rich woman, with a scandalously wealthy husband and a frighteningly rich daddy, she's just like us in every other aspect. Of course, she really isn't. She's not like anyone I've ever met. If I had, I would have slapped the lips from their face for being far too patronizing (in fairness, I'm thinking it's only a matter of time before someone slaps me for being too irritating).

Bom bom boom bom boom ba buh ba buh... The BBC are paying tribute to Eastenders by giving us all the chance to watch classic moments from the soap for free. How? Well, they've uploaded them onto the BBC Worldwide YouTube channel. So, completely for free, you can now watch the Sharon/Mitchell brothers love triangle and Dirty Den serving Angie divorce papers on Christmas day.

When will this happen? They're already up there! Some of the most famous scenes in television history are ready and just a click away. In total, there are 44 EastEnders clips, and for those of you who want something a little odder, you'll be glad to know you can view the infamous scene which saw Frank seducing Pat whilst in the nip!