I've resisted and resisted, trying to believe it isn't so. But having seen the whole lot I just can't deny it any more... Series 6 of 24 was rubbish. Unusually, the show's producers have basically admitted as much- OK they didn't say it was actually rubbish but they confessed they might have begun to repeat themselves and that it's been a challenge to keep up the high quality of other series. I'm not going to criticise it for some of the completely ridiculous scenes in this run (I don't mind if it's unrealistic, that's not what I watch it for) but it committed the worst sin any entertainment can commit. It became boring. All the shocks and twists seemed like a mere shadow of what's gone before. The makers have promised radical rethink before the next series- so hopefully the next series will be a return to form. We can only hope.

To be honest, those of you waiting for the DVD release are just as well to give this one a miss- just pretend it never happened. You'll thank me later...