Four in a Bed (the TV series, not my normal Tuesday after-work activity)

I normally miss one or more episodes of Four in a Bed as I'm either eating dinner or late in from work, etc. Managed to catch them all this week, however, and must admit to being a little confused over the proceedings.

One of the parties, called Raj, ran a pretty basic lodging house in Cornwall somewhere. He was really arrogant and someone must have told him at some stage that he was a funny guy. But he seriously wasn't.

Ignoring the fact that he insisted on four (4) hard boiled eggs each morning alongside his full English breakfast and that each egg was PEELED before serving, he pulled a very weird stunt.
When the other three parties arrived at his place, they all noticed that the shower tiles had been recently painted, but in EMULSION and it was literally running down the shower walls. When they commented on this, he laughed and said it was a joke he regularly pulled on his guests. Getting them covered in white emulsion was clearly a winner, anyone could see that.

Why not just admit you wanted to spruce up the shower cubicles but didn't know what you were doing and got the wrong paint?? Bizarre.

And just when you thought things couldn't get any weirder, he then pulled out (off-camera) during the fourth visit due to "personal reasons." I would seriously LOVE to find out what happened - so if anyone knows why he left, you know where I am.

Keep watching, it's brilliant stuff.

Come Dine With Four in a Bed

Can't make up my mind which I prefer - Come Dine With Me or Four In A Bed. Since I am a big people-watcher (stick me on a bench in Leicester Square and I would keep myself amused for ages) both of these shows hold a great amount of appeal.

Why do I like Come Dine With Me? It has the basic premise of the cookery show but more than that - you get to snoop around the cook's home while he/she is sweating over a hot Aga. It's like Fanny Craddock and Through The Keyhole rolled into one.

I was very fortunate to meet one of the winners of this show a while back and he cooked for me - a short trip to Liverpool and I was in food heaven.

What makes Four In A Bed so special? Well, as the late great Frankie Howerd said "two's company, three's tiring" so it would follow that four would be just plain greedy. However, dubious title aside, I find this show amazing in that so many of the contestants actually lift up the bed frame and pull out all the drawers to check for dust. Unbelievable! If I was going to enter this competition, I would make damn sure my drawers were spotless.