I have just ended my very lovely weekend, by kicking back and watching Bremner, Bird & Fortune. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen it, but if you haven’t, you MUST! It’s an essential item of viewing for any journalist and is absolutely hysterical. It’s headed up by Rory Bremner, the king of impressionists, and if you’re up to date on all the news, then it’s so tongue in cheek and just so clever. It’s a bit like Have I Got News for You – just so much funnier when you “get” all the jokes, because you’ve been following the news all week! But BB&F is honestly so funny, and as you can imagine, Gordon Brown received quite a battering this episode. Although it’s wonderfully amusing, it’s also a seriously excellent piece of journalism. The interviews between the two John’s are so cleverly off the cuff, and many comments or reactions from the interviewer remind me of those toe-curlingly cringy moments I’ve had in interviews.

Anyway I really recommend you watch it – I think many journalists take themselves far too seriously, but this certainly does us no harm to just sit back and see the funny side of what we do.