LETTERS Nothing on TV

I COULDN’T agree more with Robin Mayhew that there is simply nothing to watch on the telly (Letters).

Having always been a Corrie and EastEnders fan, I now find them most unentertaining with their ridiculous storylines and concentration on misery and disaster.

The same goes for dramas full of violent, foul-mouthed and depressing situations.

Even if you find something interesting to watch, there are so many adverts that you lose the plot.

Maybe I’m grumpy, too, but can we not have some cheerful and happy TV shows? After all, there is enough misery and violence in the world. YVONNE DICKENS, Upminster, essex. AS an avid Coronation Street fan since the 1970s I have seen it rapidly go downhill over the years in terms of quality of acting and storylines.

Friday night’s episode, in which two characters were murdered and which was shown before the watershed, was totally inappropriate and completely out of context of the original idea of the soap opera.

A working-class street in Manchester with drama and humour thrown in? This was more like a horror film. The show’s creator, Tony Warren, would be turning in his grave.

Now I will instead be watching the classic Coronation Street on ITV3, currently in 1986 with the humour and original concept still active.

GORDON KENNEDY, Perth. THE best TV shows I’ve seen recently were on BBC4 simply showing craftsmen at work. What was even better was that there was no intrusive background music.

NEVILLE WITHERS, London W3. I AGREE with Christopher Stevens’s review of the TV comedy Man Down that its jokes were borrowed from the likes of Tony Hancock. But what about the profanity?

I have worked in factories and on building sites where we moderated our language out of respect for those around us. Too many comedians think humour must involve foul language to get a titter.

TREVOR MURDIN, Leigh-on-Sea, essex.