Welcome to the undergrowth

Have you ever watched a tv programme online? I'm not talking about bbc iplayer. Oh no, iplayer is the king of online tv. The first class lounge of streaming. The Ferrari of the hour-long-documentary-watched-while-preparing-a-meal.

I mean have you ever watched something on ANOTHER online tv portal? ITV player? (shudder) 4od? (no thanks). Well until Friday night I hadn't ventured further than those three either.

But on that dark and stormy night in January, I ventured deep into the undergrowth. I burrowed down, past the prince of online tv (whatever that is), past the second class area, and the ford fiesta, to catch up on Suits, a new legal drama, on the Dave channel...

There I discovered tv watched in 15 second segments. One small snapshot of action followed by a much longer pause followed by another small snapshot of action...

'Hello, my name's Edmund, and I've come to' PAUSE... 'investigate you for' PAUSE...

Now as enjoyable as this drama was (and it was pretty enjoyable because otherwise I would have given up), it is impossible to dwell on 15 seconds of dialogue for very long!

You do however get to analyse the background of each shot, consider each line, muse upon the way every brow is furrowed.

It did also give me the chance to play one of my favourite games: the 'I think he's going to say this next' game! And I punched the air each time I got it right!

Have I learnt a lesson? Stick with the Ferrari, the first class, the king?

Well maybe, but if I'm not around at 9pm on Tuesday to catch Suits 'live' on Dave, I may venture into the undergrowth again...

[Just to say, and in case someone from Dave reads this, the problem may have been my internet connection, the laptop, the time of day... And not your tv service. And for the first 30 mins of the programme it wasn't so bad.]

Adios!