School's Out
I have been looking forward to the return of one of Channel 4's best shows, 'Teachers', for a 3rd series. However, although we've only had two episodes of the new series, it does seem to have lost something. 4 main characters for a start. (Simon, Susan, Jenny and J.P.)
I can't help feeling now that it's gone on a series too long. The writing seems to have run out of steam. Brian and Kurt falling over or being rude - check, loud guitar music - check, background sight gags - check, Penny's breasts - check, donkey - check. etc...
The law of diminishing returns has kicked in. The animals were funny because you weren't expecting to see a donkey or a bunch of penguins wandering around the school for no apparent reason and with no one commenting on them.
Now I'm waiting for them. It's sad to see your favourite programmes deteriorate but at least I can console myself with the release of the excellent first series on dvd with Andrew Lincoln, Raquel Cassidy and Nina Sosanya.
('Six Feet Under' is still great of course)