Tut, Tut, Tutankhmun

I've been thinking about this for a while. I'm thinking of launching a twitter account called The Critics, Critic. Why because I can't work out what planet most TV critics are on?

I've come to despair of most critics in the last few years. If MPs and those who rule us live in the Westminster Bubble most critics live in a bubble of their own ego. They have little if any idea of what ordinary people like or enjoy on TV.

The latest example which got me chocking on my cornflakes was Andrew Billen's review of Tutankhamun in The Times on Monday 17 October. he gave it two stars and suggested that it was poorly written, childish, more like a dramatised documentary than a drama and badly acted.

Now listen Andrew, it's a Sunday night. People are getting ready for bed and the start of a new week. They do not want to watch a reimagining of Macbeth, set in a mining community on an asteroid populated solely by women (Although it might be daft enough to be worth watching).

People want to be entertained by an interesting story line, attractive characters and an exotic setting. And no Andrew most people watching an ITV drama at 9pm on a Sunday are not familiar with Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon's story as you suggest.

Personally I found it very enjoyable and I'm looking forward to the second episode.

So there.

Cheers,

Jim