won't take no for an answer!

I just changed my car insureance last month and they're trying to sell me extra cover I don't want or need and they won't take no for an answer! What part of NO don't they understand the difficult N or the tricky O?

'Allo 'Allo Marathon Part 6

it was Red Nose Night so i only had time to watch 2 episodes...

Desperate Doings in the Dungeon - Quite funny episode in which very real plot actually happens! It's all about bondage and transvesticism which are not exactly that high up on my list of personal fetishes.

The Camera in the Potato - Rene catching Gruber in the bath is mildly amusing but this episode is the first time that the Germans are shown to be in less that total control as the RAF start an air raid towards the end of the episode creating a change in the overall basic premise of the story.

Environmental campaigners have lost their High Court battle to block the decision to expand Stansted Airport.

The Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) group was opposing proposals for an additional 10 million passengers a year to use the single, existing runway at the Essex airport. The SSE accused the Government of unlawfully "steamrollering these plans every step of the way".

Aussie politician proves he's still a rock star

Australian politician Peter Garrett proved he was still a rock star under the suit when he reunited with his band Midnight Oil, and some commentators on Friday said he showed more passion on stage than in Parliament. Any notion that the former activist singer, and now Australia's Environment Minister, would avoid politically charged songs was blown away as his band performed one of two warm-up gigs ahead of a weekend benefit concert for bushfire victims. In front of a sold-out crowd of 3,000, Midnight Oil kicked off with "Redneck Wonderland" and went on to perform the anti-mining "Blue Sky Mine" and anti-war and anti-establishment songs "When the Generals Talk" and "Read About It."

Texting peer freed after appeal

A peer who was jailed last month for 12 weeks for sending and receiving text messages while driving on the M1 has been released by the Court of Appeal. Lord Ahmed, 51, had been involved in a fatal crash minutes after sending the messages on Christmas Day 2007. He hit a stationary car in the outside lane of the M1, killing Martyn Gombar, 28, from Leigh, Greater Manchester. The Appeal Court suspended his sentence because of "exceptional" mitigation relating to his community work. Lord Ahmed served 16 days of his sentence. Road safety charity Brake said it was "appalled" by the decision. The peer had been jailed at Sheffield Crown Court after admitting dangerous driving.

Ronnie Biggs should get his lawyer...

'Allo 'Allo Marathon Part 5

The Sausage in the Trousers - A rather funny episode that involves putting large German & Italian sausages down people's trousers, some of which contain dynamite and other contain batteries!

The Jet-Propelled Mother-In-Law - A rather strange episode in which very little happens until the town gets comandeered to pick grapes at the local vinyard then much hilarity ensures when the resistance try to poison the General and then try to blow him up both with spectacular failures...

Radiohead take on Hannah Montanna

A week after the Hannah Montana star vowed to "ruin" the multi-Grammy winning band over an apparent snub, the Brit rockers have responded. Radiohead told the young star to grow up.

I have all of Radiohead's CD's, they're one of my favourite bands ever. Who's Hannah Montana, a band?

Madoff admits $50bn fraud scheme

Disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff has been jailed after pleading guilty to all 11 charges surrounding an estimated $50bn (£35bn) fraud. Some of his victims clapped when he was handcuffed and led out of a New York courtroom. He had earlier said he was "deeply sorry and ashamed". The 70-year-old defrauded thousands of investors in a fraud he admitted had been running since the early 1990s. Due to be sentenced in June, he could receive up to 150 years.

Serving officers committed crimes

Almost 50 serving police officers across the North East and Cumbria have criminal convictions, figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats reveal. The crimes committed include drink driving, assault and fly-tipping.

Nasa space shuttle launch delayed (again)

Nasa has delayed the launch of its Discovery shuttle mission to complete the electricity generation system on the International Space Station. A fuel leak meant Wednesday's launch would be delayed until Sunday at the earliest, the US space agency said. Discovery's mission had earlier been delayed by several weeks to give engineers time to investigate the cause of a fractured fuel valve on the last shuttle mission.

Women joining Chelsea pensioners

The first women to join the ranks of the Chelsea pensioners are being welcomed with a ceremony. To reflect the growing number of women who have joined the army since the 1950s, they are now being admitted to the Royal Hospital in west London. The uniform has been adapted to suit the female figure and there has even talk of designing an official handbag.

'Allo 'Allo Marathon Parts 3 & 4

The Nicked Knockwurst - A rather mundane episode revolving around the communist resistance stealing Herr Flick's sausage and Mme. Edith getting the money to buy it back from M. Alfonse.

Gruber Does Some Mincing - Gruber being captured by von Smallhausen is the funniest bit of this episode

The Sausage in the Wardrobe - There is much hilarity when everyone tries to steal the sausage from von Klinkerhoffen.

Flight of Fancy - The funniest scene is when Hans accidentally flattens Herr Flick's car with a steam roller!

Pretty Maids All in a Row - The airmen are disguised as waitresses at the cafe and Rene hides the painting of the fallen madonna with the big boobies behind a 'worthless paining made by a penniless artist' which turns out to be a rare Van Gogh!

The Great Un-Escape - The airmen, the resistance, the cafe staff and the german colonel and captain all burrow into the British POW camp, where they must all pass themselves off as POW's to avoid detection by von Klinkerhoffen.

Prisoners of War - The escape comittee decide to send Hans over the top of the fence to gain extra rations as well as effect the escape of the colonel and the cafe staff. This is the last appearance of Maria the petite cafe waitress.

Camp Dance - Gruber rescues Rene, the cafe staff & the Colonel and things seem to be back to normal, except the airmen have tagged long with everyone else and are once more in need of the resistance's services.

Good Staff Are Hard to Find - Michelle gives Rene a new waitress, a resistance girl, except she's even shorter than Maria! The scene where she tries to poison Herr Flick and Helga is very funny in a macabre way. This episode also introduces the colonel's new assistant Alberto Bertorelli of the Italian army.

The Flying Nun - Rene gets another new radio (the third in 4 seasons) much of this episode revolves around the ariel for the new radio being disguised as a kite and Mimi literally gets carried away by it!

'Allo 'Allo Marathon - Part 2

Red Nick's Colonel - The Colonel and the Captain are captured by the communist resistance and it's up to Rene to get revenge for his dead twin brother. It's pretty funny but not a highlight.

The Dance of Hitler Youth - Helga and Hans' dancing is funny but much of this episode's humour revolves around Herr Flick and a poison dart.

Six Big Boobies - There are now 2 fakes of the photo and Herr Flick has both of them along with the original. He has Gruber determine the real one with a reasonably funny way of ensuring his silence.

The Wooing of Widow Artois - Rene has to woo Edith again to get his cafe back, much to his own personal disgust and the shock of Yvette and Maria.

The Policeman Cometh - The first new cast addition comes in the form of the language mangaling Officer Crabtree a British spy who is to pose as a gendarme as his cover. There is only one problem: Hoz Frinch iz varry bid!

Swiftly and with Style - The return of M. Alfonse, undertaker as he tries to marry Edith but she decides to remarry Rene and M. Alfonse takes great insult and challenges Rene to a duel. Meanwhile the resistance needs as many pairs of silk knickers as it can get to repair a balloon, with a hilarious scene were Le Clerc gets caught!

The Duel - Rene his hiding with the chickens to avoid M. Alfonse, Helga lets slip that the colonel might know about the recently bombed train and he handcuffs her to the chair. The duel itself if a comical farse with Rene wearing an iron coal scuttle under his shirt, however his nerves go and he runs off.

Herr Flick's Revenge - Herr Flick captures Rene, the Colonel and Hans and threatens to torture them unless they reveal the existance of the forged painting, they are saved by the return of General von Klinkerhoffen who releases his officers and a plain french woman who is actually Rene in disguise as a mamber of the resistance.

The Gâteau from the Château - This contains the best line of the series imo: Do you not see that if we kill him with the pill from the till by making with it the drug in the jug, you need not light the candle with the handle on the gateau from the chateau! The whole christmas special has more jokes in it that the previous two seasons and there's even some time for some plot developments too. The escaping Airmen were shot down and landed on the cafe roof and General von Klinkerhoffen has taken command of the whole district.

'Allo 'Allo Marathon - Part 1

The British Are Coming - The opening pilot episode, I remember watching this when it was first broadcast, I'd be 9 at the time! This episode sets everything up, life in occupied France, the crooked German officers, the de gaulle resistance helping crashed British airmen escape and the Gestapo looking for an important picture to add to Hitler's collection of stolen art treasures. Despite all this there's plenty of room for comedy, much of it revolving around the staff of Cafe Rene.

The Fallen Madonna - The series proper takes up where the pilot left off, with Rene trying to get rid of the airmen and the German officers hiding their stolen art treasures in Rene's cafe so the Gestapo can't find them. There is much hilarity about suicide rings and making a rope out of bed sheets.

Pigeon Post - The airmen escape as German officers but are captured by the communist resistance! The big laugh in this episode is Gestapo officer Otto Flick in drag, which shows the BBC's attitude towards such things, after turning gay officer Gruber into a one-note cliche.

Saville Row to the Rescue - The main revelation here is that Helga may in fact be Jewish (she utters oy vey in surprise and then quickly covers it up)! Alas this is not built upon in the series and seems to be forgotten. The main joke in this episode revolves around bols gin, which is blue - just like nitro gylcerine...leading to a drunk old woman, exploding hens and a destroyed railway line...

The Execution - Rene is captured and interrogated by guest Nazi General Eric von Klinkerhoffen and sentanced to death. Luckily the Colonel comes up with a plan to save Rene, using wooden bullets to fake his death. Things nearly go wrong but Rene survives his own death.

The Funeral - Rene is forced to impersonate his own twin brother in an attempt to have some sort of life, however things nearly go wrong when Rene has to pretend to be dead so the funeral director M Alfonse can measure him up for his coffin. Things really go wrong however when he hides anti-tank mines in the coffin for the Resistance and they expode during the funeral!

TV magician Ali Bongo dies at 79

Bongo - whose real name was William Wallace - also acted as a consultant on programmes including The Paul Daniels Magic Show and Jonathan Creek. The BBC drama's creator David Renwick once said that Bongo's work had inspired its lead character. He became president of The Magic Circle in September and had been giving a lecture in Paris when he fell ill. Bongo's other screen appearances included 1970s children's shows Pauline's Quirkes and The Tomorrow People.

He was great in The Tomorrow People, Revenge of Jedikiah is well worth watching for him doing some good acting both as a stage magician on stage and back stage.

The Romans

The first comedy story in Doctor Who's history (and not the last by any means) it mixes pure farce with some darker moments to give the dramatic moments more emphasis and yet it often treats them as dark comedy at the same time. The cast go all out to play the comedy but without taking it too far, they never ruin it by bringing the characters out of the moment, if it wasn't for this story we wouldn't have Zaroff's way OOT celaimations in The Underwater Menace, season 17 or half of the Tenth Doctor's cheeky one liners. The show owes its continued success to this story because it it wasn#t afraid to do something new then later productions probably wouldn't either and the show#s rich diversity would never have happened and the show would probably have been axed when Bill Hartnell decided to leave.

Fantastic 4 & Fantastic 4: RotSS

I like Cole from Charmed a lot as Dr. Doom in the first film, he's very much a hottie and bas ass evil too, I have a thing for bad boys I guess. The whole production though feels too sleek, too fake, too unreal. It should be dirtier, more lived in like Wolverine in the first X-Men movie. It comes across as unsincere to the characters. The paper thin plot gets the job done of giving the 4 their powers (and Doom tto but we don't realise that yet) as well as getting Sue and Reed together by the end of the film. The CGI looks cool and Torch learning to fly is great fun to watch.

The second film seems to be in too minds about which story it's trying to tell. On the one hand there's the arrival of the Surfer, heralding the oncoming Galactus and on the other hand there's the return of Dr. Doom and his plan to gain the power of the surfboard. Both storylines fail to mesh with each other throughout the film, although the London scenes were cool (I've been on the London Eye once) and Galactus as smoky deth cloud was better than the weird guy witht he stupid hat in the comics.

I think they need one more chance to try and get it right...