Last Night's TV: The Borgias & John Bishop's Britain

The Borgias €“ Episode 5

The Borgias continues it€™s Renaissance rampage on your telebox with two murders and a few rapes this week. Cue the usual superlatives €“ opulent, bombastic, decadent and debauched etc. This week Lucrezia has the hots for the stable boy and together they plan to adjust the saddle on her new husband€™s horse so that he injures himself and then cannot €˜thrust€™ her at night. The Pope struggles to find ways to keep his holy throne safe when he fails to find a suitor for his son Juan. Rebel Cardinal Della Rovere is building his army of allies. Cesare chases a married woman and eventual battles her husband in a duel to the. The Pope€™s supposed new ally in the Sforza family of Milan falls apart as the Duke states he will not do any favours for the Borgias family. The story continues in its poetic and violent manner as the storm threatening the Pope continues. I am still entertained and shall continue to watch.

John Bishop€™s Britain €“ Episode 6, Being British

After last week€™s laborious search for a comedy gem amongst drivel I was less excited to watch this week€™s offering of John Bishop€™s Britain. I needn€™t had been. This week saw Bish explore what it is to be British and as always was aided by some celebs, a load of ordinary people and a few sketches. This week was a comedy gold mine as the ordinary folk managed to make me chuckle, Bish had me laughing and the first sketch of the night had me in stitches and genuinely laughing out loud. Bish€™s ability to tell a good story shone through in fantastic fashion this week. The sketch in question related to Bish being invited onto the Jonathon Ross show with Westlife, Courtney Love and Jeff Bridges. Bish being British managed to make himself look like a €˜knob€™ despite having something in common with the A List Hollywood actor, Bridges. I wont spoil the gag as it is worth stopping reading this very second, getting on the IPlayer and watching it right now. Seriously. GO!