Tell it like it is

6:30pm Thursday 29th May 2008

IT WAS a gentle way to round off the bank holiday weekend, with blood and body parts galore in the BBC1 drama Kiss of Death.

The production featured that irritating format of cutting to different characters' viewpoint of the same event. Usually, just telling the story in simple chronological order is the best way to go.

Here a crime team was trying to solve the murder of a dismembered bridegroom and find his missing bride. The murderer, Michael Bovery, was a scary individual with a score to settle against forensic expert George Austen, who herself had an alcohol addiction problem. And no wonder, as she spent her working day surrounded by gore and stomach contents!

Head of the crime team, Kay Rousseau, had returned to work, having been cleared of killing her own child. She spent most of the time shouting at various members of her team, and seemed to have little idea of how to solve the crime.

Despite this, the kidnapped bride was found alive. It must have been her lucky day.

Luck was in short supply for the UK entry in Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest (BBC1), as Andy Abraham's effort propped up the points table. Not that luck would have helped, for no matter how much Wogan complains, the song was rubbish. As I heard someone on radio say, Russia sent a superstar and we sent a binman.

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