Switch off your computer - watch TV instead

Buzz on over to Beeline TV, a cracking little site that allows one to watch TV channels from all over the world (Peru, Iceland, Cuba, Latvia, Israel, Serbia etc.) free, gratis and for nothing.

Incomprehensible but addictive.

Moving on to the impenetrable, caught the excellent documentary on 30 years of the BBC arts programme strand Arena the other night. I remember watching episodes of Arena from a young age - it's best described as pompous, stylised and brilliant with it's head up it's arse and it's tongue in it's cheek.
Hmmm... OK, that's given me a disturbing mental picture now...

It was the idea of the young Alan Yentob (he'd just left BBC1's Omnibus and would end up making Imagine - he makes good television, doesn't he?) who is now the BBC Creative Director.
The distinctive theme tune was "Another Green World" by Brian Eno.

The programme is still going strong - have a flick throught the BBC Documentaries page for details of its finer moments.

Aside; for all the best in TV criticism, check out the wonderful Off The Telly. Shamed though I am to admit it, their reviews of repeated General Elections from the '70s on BBC Parliament were a guilty pleasure of mine...
For those of a less dull disposition, their article on the second decade of The Simpsons is possibly one of the best TV critiques of all time - here.

Also, for your TV guide needs, you can plump for The Custard or the trusty Radio Times (which'll let you customise your channels.)