wednesbury

As a viewer in England, Monk is, in my opinion,one of the best US series exported TV programmes. Compared to other US series that have been screened in prime time slots in the UK this series is truly brilliant. Mr Monk, suffering with OCD, generates sympathy as well as humour. Currently I am watching the series on the BBC who are repeating each episode in the afternoon. For some reason Monk has never been aired in a UK prime time slot despite being far superior to the current dross and reality TV programmes that are filling our TV channels on most evenings. My solution is to record the afternoon episodes and they then become my evenings viewing highlight. Forget other current US series such as Invasion (yawn), Lost (lost the plot) Surface, etc. they pale in comparison. All the roles in Monk are well acted and each of the characters have their own identities. I love the inept Lieutenant Randy who tries to emulate the archetypal portrayed TV cop. Long may the series run.

I was pleasantly suprised when I was taking a 10 year old to see this film. I expected to have to sit through 90 minutes of childish entertainment but I was pleasantly surprised. The film had quite a few endearing qualities that made it fun to watch even for adults. There were a couple of times I spotted a guest appearance by Mike who dropped in unexpectedly (microphone seen at to of screen in the hallway of the house)which for a Disney film is unforgivable.

On the whole good entertaining family fun.