Rectangle

16 Mar 2010

I don't think there's enough TV shows named after shapes. Perhaps given the reception 1980's ferry-bound soap Triangle received programmers have been reluctant to commission Rhombus or Parallelogram. All of which is a shame, since there's something satisfying about sitting down to watch a programme so simple minded that it needs to be named after a 2-dimensional geometrical entity.

Consider the TV listings:

7.30pm - Ellipse: episode 9. Dave has finally found out who has stolen his teeth and is on the war path. Meanwhile Damien confronts Dierdre about the death of Daniel and a mysterious bump on Doris' head leads to a surprising revelation.

8.00pm - Trapezium: Reality show following the exploits of a circus troops in Rome.

8.30pm - Arbelos: David Bellamy presents a conservation show about arresting the decline of forest habits in the British Isles while making strange hooting noises into the hollow carcass of a dried mouse.

9.00pm - FILM: Circle of Friends

10.30pm - Hexadecagon: episode 3. Sally becomes convinced that a trio of witches is repeatedly influencing a card game at the local Kebab house. Samuel witness a horrific accident with a pencil sharpener and a careless bean and Stewart really wishes he hadn't poked his nose into someone else's cat.

11:15pm - Triquetra: A bunch of English people with distant Irish ancestry are sent to live in Wexford to see how long it takes for their endless assertions of Irishness to get them beaten up.

12:00 - Rectangle: (new series) series following a diving rescue team as they seek to help trapped divers escape from submerged ships. Tonight, Gordon helps a newly wed couple escape from the remains of the SS Boobleflap after the groom gets his flipper caught in a towel rail while Gary get sexually assaulted by a potato cod.