Not talked about any tv for a while but at the moment I seem to be inundated. I'm beyond annoyed that the BBC has stopped showing the Swedish Wallanders, leaving the final three in limbo (I heard somewhere they'll be shown at Christmas ). Slightly making up for that though is that the second series of Spiral is on, which I saw the first series of six months ago and talked about here. I'm a bit behind on it, relying on the iPlayer, having seen how the original played out I'm giving it a lot of leeway, but it seems a bit less centralised which makes the subplots of different cases every week less jarring. Cast is still fine, Audrey Fleurot has stepped up this time though.

Audrey Fleurot

Right, what else is there, oh yes, the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma has started on the BBC and I'm not particularly impressed. Jonny Lee Miller always seemed an odd choice for Knightley, and despite being miscast he does try, but it's Romola Garai who's letting the side down. She's acting it like a screwball comedy at times and is very over the top with her mannerisms, which is usually fine for the caricatured comic relief in Austen stories, but is out of place for the lead. The tone of it is a bit weird and the main character's not showing any charm and coming off as a complete cow (which is always the danger here). Not everyone's going to be the delight Alicia Silverstone was in Clueless though.

So I might give that one more chance then sack it off if it doesn't improve, but no chance of that with In Treatment, which just started on Sky Arts as it's a wow. Half an hour of Melissa George unburdening herself to her therapist Gabriel Byrne, apparantly this will be on every weekday for a couple of months and have the characters coming back each "week" for their sessions. Searing performance from George (can easily see why she was Golden Globe nominated), never knew she had it in her, Byrne was fine but promises a lot for his own sessions. Cracking start.