Today's Television

Excepting the dozen or more classic (Brett) Sherlock Holmes dramas I have recorded from ITV3; and The Young Victoria movie; I am recording the Royal Opera's production of Tosca on BBC HD this afternoon.

There will be plenty to watch in the Belmont household, even if the standard fare proves dull.

The Many Faces of Les Dawson is one to watch this evening. Poirot, as always, features on ITV3.

In the past I attended the annual carol service at Belfast Cathedral, an occasion when that large church invariably has a "full house" and people begin arriving an hour beforehand.