Richard & Judy

A great many people say that British comedy has gone down the toilet. Well, these people can't have seen Richard and Judy, a show packed with humour (albeit mostly unintentional). You can guarantee that in any given episode Judy will fluff every other line she has to speak and just look bewildered about most subjects and Richard will say something incredibly embarrassing to a guest or about Judy. Also very amusing was when they recruited Abi Titmuss as a reporter, who was only famous for being John Leslie's girlfriend, and then dropped her like a brick after sordid tabloid reports about her relationship with the aforementioned Mr Leslie. Somebody should have known better.

My wife and I watched a programme on Thursday evening about the training of Geisha girls and the point was made many times in that programme that Geisha girls are not prostitutes but entertainers. If a relationship is on offer it is entirely up to them whether or not they take it up. It was therefore totally wrong of Richard to contradict Judy (rather rudely)today and to insist that he was right to label the Geisha profession as prostitution. This rudeness on Richard's part seems to be a characteristic of the new series and it is regrettable as it detracts from what was, and could be again, an entertaining family show.