The Sewing Bee.
Easy, lovely, nice, friendly, laid back telly. For those of you who can sew, I'm guessing it is a must view. You understand the problems, the technicalities, the darts, the mishaps, the mistakes ... and probably watch it in a completely different way from the rest of us.
For those of us who can't sew, it's like watching masters of their art at work. It's like watching Michelangelo painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. We are in awe. We are not worthy.
And these are just ordinary people, mums, dads, sons, brothers, sisters of all ages and backgrounds who love to sew, and are really, really good at it (otherwise they wouldn't have got on the show in the first place).
And the judges are nice and the presenter is nice, and they help each other, and they have a laugh, and we might miss Claudia but there wasn't any great fall out or money changing channels involved, (she apparently wasn't available for filming) and the new presenter is just fine.
It's all still lovely, perfect, mid-week, put your feet up, no stress, no strain telly.
I don't go for all the liking or disliking this contestant stuff. I think they are all incredibly brave to put themselves forward in the first place and I wish every one of them the best of luck. But I do have a favourite and it's Jen. Dunno why .. but on the first episode she's the one I found myself silently rooting for.
So if I get a bit partisan on this thread as the weeks go by, forgive me in advance!