no archie, everyone's laughing at you, not with you.

thank you abc asia pacific for pimping my ride! whoops, for showing monarch of the glen, which started tonight at 9.30pm. a series set in the scottish highlands, it is based on the novels of compton mackenzie, and follows the trevails of thoroughly modern archie (the guy in the funny trousers), as he struggles as the new laird of the family estate, glenbogle. no, it's good, really. really. it's definitely better than home and away, anyway.

actually, abc asia pacific (channel 35) is also going to premiere a bbc-produced miniseries, state of play, an espionage thriller, tomorrow night at 7.30pm (and then again at 10? uh, okay). i've not seen it yet, but it stars some pretty talented actors: david morrissey (fergus from born romantic), bill nighy (the ageing rock star in love actually, also the uh, ageing rock star in still crazy), kelly macdonald (the underaged shag in trainspotting and the mystery-solving maid in gosford park), and john simm (bernard sumner--!--in the excellent 24 hour party people). should be fairly good.


the other morrissey: don't i look like that freaky lead singer from radiohead?