Fortysomethings and BBC 2

Apparently BBC2 is the TV station most likely to be viewed by the over-forties and quite honestly we’re not surprised. But maybe don’t tell anyone you turned over to watch Meerkat Manor because you thought (a) West Wing, with its overlapping dialogue, makes you think your hearing is going; (b) Lost is where your most cliched holiday nightmare ever meets The Famous Five Have a Wonderful Adventure on Kirrin Island; (c) Big Brother was the closest thing you had seen to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire since your last office Christmas party.