I’ve been watching more TV dramas this year, mainly BBC ones. I watched The Village, which was good but quite bleak and The White Queen which started off well but didn’t quite hold my attention for the whole series.

My favourite so far has been What Remains, which concluded on Sunday. It’s a very atmospheric and disturbing thriller, totally complusive with a masterful cast. It’s had good reviews, including this Telegraph one but I agree more with this Guardian one, in particular the implausibility of whodunnit. However, that’s a very minor niggle; I thoroughly recommend this drama. It’s immersed me for a very intense, chilling and perplexing four hours.

I don’t like Masterchef. To me cooking is about enjoying yourself not putting yourself under ludicrous amounts of pressure. Why on earth would home cooks go and put themselves through Masterchef? Also, what’s the stupid over-dramatic music about?

It’s not often that I rave about a TV series but this latest nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough is simply superb. Visually stunning, these stories from the African animal kingdoms inspire wonder, delight and occasionally sadness.

I am enjoying the Paralympics very much but the whole experience of watching it on TV is marred by the coverage on Channel 4. Not only are some of the commentators second rate but the ad breaks drive me mad. The one redeeming element of the C4 coverage is The Last Leg which is very, very funny indeed.

I just happened to be in London during the Paralympic Games. The atmosphere in the capital was fantastic.

I am very happy. I watched the Brownlee brothers win a gold and bronze in the triathlon (a completely bonkers event) for Team GB this morning, then we won some gold medals in the dressage (so elegant), then Laura Trott and Chris Hoy won golds in the cycling.

It makes a huge difference to have real medal contenders to support but I’ve also enjoyed watching other events where team GB aren’t involved. I was enthralled by the balance beam event even though GB wasn’t represented in the final. It’s simply astounding what these people can do. It’s such a privilege to watch the best in the world compete against each other right here in Britain. Awe-inspiring.

I wasn’t just indifferent to the Olympics during the build up to it, I actually felt quite negative about it. I didn’t have any faith that it would be any good. Then I watched the opening ceremony (after the event as I was working at the time) and was completely blown away.

Olympics Day 8: British athletics' gold medal winners. Taken from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/

Yesterday was one of the best Saturdays I can remember. Great Britain had it’s best Olympic day for over a hundred years. I’m not much of a sports fan but I was incredibly happy. Fantastic day.

Today we’ve had Ben Ainslie winning a gold medal and making British Olympic history and Andy Murray has beaten Roger Federer to get gold, with his defeat to Federer in the Wimbledon final just 4 weeks ago seemingly forgotten. What a proud weekend for the British!

I watched all four episodes of The Take over two evenings as it was available in HD on Virgin On Demand. It’s the story of two cousins who are a part of the East End’s criminal network and their girlfriends.

The plot spans 10 years from 1984. I especially loved watching the fashions, hairstyles, decor, music etc change through the decade. There is a lot of violence and bad language but it doesn’t feel gratuitous. It all felt a bit like Lock, Stock and Smoking Barrels, but without the humour. The main character, Freddie Jackson, is a criminal psychopath and most of the shocking behaviour comes from him. Tom Hardy, who plays him, is incredibly menacing, though I couldn’t take him 100% seriously as he had what I think of as a comedy cockney accent. Still, I liked The Take a lot. It’s very stylish and, while the plot is very slightly ridiculous, it’s a cracking story.

I’ve been watching The Tube on BBC2 on the recommendation of my uni friends. The programme has been fascinating. I think it’s clear to any tube user that there is a high level of organisation required but I didn’t realise quite how much goes on behind the scenes.

I don’t mind using the tube but at peak times it’s not fun. I’m always surprised at how impatient people are. Last time I was in London my ticket didn’t open the barrier so I had to turn around to go to another barrier manned by staff. The girl behind me let out the most pained sigh. She’d been delayed a maximum of 5 seconds. The programme confirms that people have this attitude. Travellers don’t care about other people, not even when someone is injured. They just want to get to where they want to go. I guess this is the downside to London’s buzz of millions of people: it’s just not possible to feel connected to each other.

I’m so glad that this is back for a second series. Tonight’s episode was wonderful: a horrible argument complete with threats of divorce, followed by making up over a false tooth fashioned out of a garlic clove.