Mark Andrews on Saturday: Annoying adverts, trouble brewing and a highly charged debate
A commercial for a German pharmaceutical giant, featuring an elderly man weight training so he can lift his grand-daughter up to the tree on Christmas Day, has been voted the most heart-warming festive advert this year.
Then again, the only Christmas advert I can recall from recent weeks involves the endless repetition of the inane slogan "You're good to go."
Which doesn't set the bar terribly high, does it?
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The BBC is in hot water after spending £83,000 on tea and coffee over the past year.
Some have dismissed this as a storm in a teacup, but the real burning question is surely not about the cost, but what type of tea and coffee they drink in Auntie's ivory towers.
I have long been convinced that pretentious hot beverages are at the root of almost everything wrong with the world today. The worst ideas come always come from people who sip on skinny lattes or camomile brews.
And something tells me they aren't that big on builder's tea in Broadcasting House.
