The return of 'watched recently'

After a hiatus of decades, I'm bringing back my regular review of what I've been watching on TV. Here's last night's viewing:

Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Episode 2.6 - not a great episode, the sole highlight being Bambi in her thigh boots. However, it's blatantly obvious that Billie Piper was pregnant throughout filming. She's usually filmed from the chest up, clearly put on lots of weight and when you do see her full length, she's invariable wearing something baggy. It's a bit off-putting though, mixing the sexuality of the character with the knowledge the actress is pregnant at the same time. I may be kinky, but that doesn't really float my boat! - 3/5

Railway Walks: The Peak Express - in these times of economic gloom and doom, a programem like this provides a pleasant diversion. Julia Bradbury takes a walk along long disused railway lines around the country, starting with the Midland line between Bakewell and Buxton. Much like her previous, similar series assaying some of Wainwright's Lakeland walks, it's beautifully shot and makes you want to don boots and go out for a wander - 4/5

Flight of the Conchords - fell out of love with this show first time around, but catching the current repeats on BBC4 I'm much more into it - 4/5

The American Future: American Plenty - documentary series in which Simon Schama takes a look at some of the challenges facing the US in the future. This is the BBC at its best - high quality documentary making, accessible, but not dumbed down. This first episode looked at the impending water crisis in the American west. It provided an interesting history of the western frontier and the race to harness the power of the Colorado river to provide water for development across the west. Particularly notable was the story of what happened to Oklahoma in the early 30s. Investors had rushed in to cultivate the dry, barren land to grow wheat and, for a few years, did very well. However, the ploughing of the hard soil loosened it to such an extent that it was vulnerable to the wind and a series of storms through the early 30s quite literallyy blew all the soil away. The biggest of these storms were on 14th April 1935, known as Black Sunday, when 20 individual stormed wreaked havoc and covered much of the US in a think dust cloud. Another one to catch on iPlayer! - 4/5

Little Britain USA: Episode 1.2 - just as good as the first two series of Little Britain. G-d knows what the American's will think the sketch at the end in which Matt Lucas shaves David Walliams genitals... - 4/5