"Africa is fucked!"

° Perhaps the thing I found most interesting about Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday (Sunday, BBC Two) was that his unwillingness to kill an animal actually disappointed me somewhat. From a personal and ethical standpoint I was with him completely, but as a television viewer I thought Louis' decision robbed the story of the pivotal moment it always seemed to promise. He himself described his choice as "a bit wet", and whether that's true or not you could certainly say it provided a damp spot to an otherwise very interesting perspective on game hunting and game farming in Africa. Probably his best work since 'The Most Hated Family In America'.



You can watch it on BBC iPlayer by clicking here or on the picture above.

° I think I'll wait until next week's third season finale has passed before I start completely gushing over The Wire (Mondays, FX), but for now I'll just say that if there were any justice in the world, Stringer Bell's "I ain't involved in that gangster bullshit no more" would be every bit as iconic as Jimmy Cagney's "Made it, ma! Top of the world!". Absolutely breathtaking.