Congratulations...

...to the plethora of Scribodromers who are through to the next stage of the Red Planet competition. In keeping with my unproductive year (two half complete scripts and just embarking on a third) I didn't enter this year, to give everyone else a chance obviously, but these guys did. And then they got shortlisted.

Jason, Michelle, William, Laurence, David, and Oli - Well done and good luck to all (we don't have any favourites here on the island (apart from you obviously, but don't tell the others)). How exciting to have so many scripter/bloggers selected - here's hoping one of you goes all the way.

Congrats also to anyone I haven't mentioned who got through.

Right, back to the day job now...

Coming soon...

Hello.

Yes, it's me. Remember me? Remember all those great times we had? Well I'm back. Well not back exactly but nearly back, in the sense that I will soon be posting with details of what I've been up to recently and lots of ill-informed opinions about telly and writing and writing telly and stuff.

In the meantime I just wanted to highlight a couple of things happening on a tellybox near you at the moment...

Thing 1: Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe returned to BBC4 on Tuesday night. If you missed it be sure to check out the BBC Eye-voyuer for a digital rerun at your convenience.

B: Set your video, put your friends off of visiting and get excited because the remake of 'Survivors' starts on Sunday at 9pm. It has an excellent pedigree and promises to be a major television event so don't miss out. I'll be checking up on you remember...

That's all for now, you may go about your business.