Haven't I seen you all somewhere before?

I'm back now from my hols, though clearly TV schedulers plan to spend the month of August in their villas in Tuscany, as they don't care about what dross they put on for those of us stuck at home.

OK, there are some pretty good dramas on, like The Street. New Tricks and House. But also so many repeats!

Saturday night is like a TV graveyard, with reruns of A Touch of Frost, Doctor Who, Outnumbered, Have I Got News For You, That's What I Call Television, etc etc.

Even when they put on new shows, I still get a sense of deja vu because we see the same old faces all the time.

Hugh Dennis, for example, is everywhere at the moment. He's in Outnumbered and Mock the Week, guest starred in New Tricks this week and checks in to Hotel Babylon next week.

Hugh's Mock The Week pal Frankie Boyle seems also to have taken up residence on Channel 4's You Have Been Watching.

One of Alan Carr's guests on his Chatty Man show on Sunday is Gok Wan, just as Alan was a guest on his fashion show and both of them appeared on The Apprentice Does Comic Relief.

Maybe if they stopped the 'jobs for our mates' philosophy (see previous blog about Holly Willoughby, too) some new faces might get a look-in?