I think it's secretly sending itself and its genre up.

It's the same with "James Bond" -- why hide behind your own genre? Is it because the series isn't going to be good enough as it is? Toung-in-cheek TV often gets on my nerves.

It's also really predictable. The last three TV shows I watched were "Little Britain", "Panorama", and "Creature Comforts" -- and none of them went as I expected. That's essential, to keep things interesting. Watch the first ten minutes of "Spooks" and you can predict it all.

I only watched the first series -- I'll watch next week's episode, and let you know what I think?

I didn't see any of Hustle, although the trailers were super-stylish.

It was excellent. Bizarre, skewed, funny, sexy, and sleek. And Jaime Murray.