The BBC have announced that they're going to sack Carol Thatcher from the One Show after details of a racist comment made privately in the green room about Andy Murray's (EDIT or, apparently, not Andy Murray) hair being like that of a golliwog. I wasn't going to comment. I don't watch The One Show, I don't know Carol Thatcher particularly (other than being he daughter of a certain ex-Prime Minister). Golliwogs are well before my time so all I really know is that their considered racist.

So, last night was the season premier of Merlin. We had Vicky and Dave round to help us watch it, poke fun at it and generally have a good laugh. And, well, we succeeded. The show provided us with many things to comment on but overall was fairly enjoyable.

Spoilers below the cut... Spoilers and lighthearted ribbing...

Last Monday, when I had my crappy day, I complained about Sean Rowley's "gayest record" feature. Some of you will undoubtedly see it as petty, and let's be honest, it is a little bit. But it started off a really bad morning for me and I've been on a bit of a gay reading spree and I don't actually like that sort of feature. So screw it.

BBC iPlayer - Worlds of Fantasy

Documentary series about fantasy fiction tells how, in the 1950s, JRR Tolkien and Mervyn Peake created texts that revolutionised and popularised the genre.