Don't bother turning the telly on next week

Looks like all the TV execs are already off on their hols and the silly season has begun.

Next week may have good new series The Hour starting, but the rest of the schedule is looking decidedly thin. And I'd make plans now to find alternative entertainment for Wednesday.

Normally that's Apprentice night, but with the final shifting to Sunday, we're left with a barren wasteland of repeats.

The evening on BBC1 kicks off with 'the best of' (ie repeats) of The One Show. Then 'another chance to see' Sherlock. Then a repeat of Not Going Out.

On BBC2, repeats of Eggheads, Great British Journey, Rich Stein's Spain, Top Gear and Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

On ITV1, a repeat of Lewis takes up two hours of the evening. Oh, and there's one new programme, The Corrie Years - but that's just really a repeat of 50 years of Coronation Street clips.

This really isn't good enough, chaps.