Recently BAFTA showed that the "judges decision" is NOT final when compiling shortlists for awards, when it allowed Ricky Gervais ' name to be put forward for an award after the BBC forgot to nominate him for what was set to be his third award.

One can only assume that the same thing must have occurred in the recent BBC series "Britain's Best Sitcom ".  There can be no other explanation for why the lineup which includes such greats as Fawlty Towers, Yes Minister and Only Fools & Horses failed to include the contemporary masterpiece that is "The Crouches".  I certainly hope someone at the BBC got fired for that blunder.

Ok, ok, I will stop going on with this charade, before my Sarcasm Gland explodes (leaving a sticky goo all over the computer screen).  The Crouches is, of course, not one of Britain's best sitcoms, it's not even one of Britain's mediocre sitcoms.  It falls far short in every possible way, and a few impossible ways too.

So imagine our surprise when we heard that it is to return for a new series.  The show, which received almost universal criticism, has also attracted a new writer.  Jamaican-born writer Liselle Kayla has been drafted in to combat criticism over the fact its writer Ian Pattison is white.

Kayla, who has worked on shows such as EastEnders, said: 'I'm thrilled to be joining the production team. I'll be doing everything I can to help make it the success it deserves to be.', before leaving the interview to part the Thames and divide five loaves and seven fishes into a slightly bigger pile of loaves and fishes.