How Uncomfortable

I watched it the first time around from 2000-2003, as Red Productions one of Jills customers had hired all the used office furniture for the factory set. It is now being aired on ITV3 at 9pm, a long awaited re-run. Paul Abbott's acclaimed drama Clocking Off (who later brought Shameless to our screens).

Clocking Off focused around the lives of staff in a Manchester factory. A combination of colourful stories, each episode focuses on the home life of a different characther which stars the cream of Britain's acting talent. One being Siobhan Finneran (Rita, Sue and Bob Too and the TV series Benidorm), another being Phillip Glennister who plays the factory owner Mack.

Not a total reflection of real life, but it certainly comes close.

I thought I'd settle down and watch Newsnight bringing me back to reality. The programme investigated the effects of rising food prices, a rising population, growing poverty and climate change across the world and asks how better to tackle this global crisis. If you missed it you can catch it on the BBC website, labelled 'Unstainable World'. Definitely food for thought on unwanted food being disposed of every day, which to me reflects in items we buy every single day. Longevity and lifespan of a product.

I did cringe later in the programme when Jeremy Paxman was interviewing Cllr. Paul Bettison of Bracknell Forest Borough Council, as Cllr. Bettison is rather a portly gentleman and he just looked extremely uncomfortable in his chair. Jeremey looked a perfect fit in his.