Forced to climbdown over hasty fit of peak

A FURTHER hour of this not quite edge-of-your-seat TV - hosted by the man from, rather aptly, Tipping Point - in which a bunch of mostly quite annoying individuals are trying to climb a mountain, united by the prospect of winning lots of money but squabbling like infants who'd blow the lot on Haribo if they did.

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I find this a very odd show - the way it delights in winding us up.Step one of that process, which began last night, was to allocate the most airtime to those we were bound to find irritating: the whiny mummy's girl, the brusque pub landlady, the bossy-boots fitness instructor, the bragging alpha-male and the self-satisfied tour guide.

Step two was to reinforce our unfavourable opinion of these people by showing us how they were annoying other contestants.