I've no idea whether I watched a repeat of Teenage Kicks (ITV1, Tuesday, 8 April, 11.40pm) last night, and frankly, I'm not going to bother to find out. Why? Essentially, I don't care when this is shown (again) because it's possibly the worst programme I've ever seen. Now, I don't say that lightly because, as a bloke, I really like Ade Edmundson. However, on the strength of this, I could easily go right off him.

In short, Teenage Kicks is a show that could have been reasonable and light fun. A sitcom about a failed punk musician who moves back in with his children. It's gentle fun that is aimed for, but gentle fun isn't always a bad thing. I mean, we can't be all groundbreaking and edgy all the time can we? Let's put it this way, I've watched My Family over on the Beeb and not wanted to throw my TV out of the window. It's hardly a glowing review, but it stands. In the world of gentle sitcommery, like Last of the Summer Wine or, say, Will and Grace, as much as I've disliked the show, I've found myself happily daydreaming my way through an episode if nothing else is on.

The same can't be said of Teenage Kicks. Edmundson plays Vernon who, basically, is going through a messy divorce. With that, we should be treated with a spectacular nervous breakdown and maybe some deluded Saxondale-isms. What we get is a programme that looks cheap (and is cheap) with woeful acting, a complete absence of ideas and, worse still, jokes about a Chinese man.

As this dysfunctional family tootle about their day with a series of ball crushingly bad and forced 'one-liners', occasionally, the Chinese lodger appears. His sole role in the show is to be confused by Western ways and words. The show thankfully stopped short (last night at least) of having him say "Me so solly" and "plawn clacker".

Last night's show revolved around Vernon getting a job, which he did. The joke was that he'd taken on so much that as he went to bed at the end of his shifts, his alarm would go off immediately and he would restart groundhog style. I wouldn't have minded if this joke went on for a minute... but it repeated just too long and became incredibly irritating. That in itself is quite indicative of the whole programme.

On the close of the show I actually sighed and said "thank f*ck that's over", which is something that doesn't normally happen in Chez Gimmers. Teenage Kicks has joined the unenviable list of 'Worst TV Shows Ever' in my head. It's up there with Blunder, My Hero and You Are What You Eat.