[David G4EBT]

Yes, that's fair comment - the end result with the huge bear was excellent.

I thought the clock restorer seemed competent too, not that I'm qualified to say, but he was a tad melodramatic. He said something along the lines of: "Ah, just as I thought, the pinion is completely shot - that could be catastrophic". No it couldn't - the clock would just stop working. A 'catastrophe' is when an avalanche wipes out a village or a plane crashes killing all on board - not when an old clock stops working and can be mended. To give him his due, he did use the proper term 'wheels' not 'cogs' or 'gears', which the uninitiated tend to use.

I suspect that much of what they say and how they say it is words put into their mouths by the producers. As the saying goes, 'When the dummy talks, watch the ventriloquists mouth'. It's clearly a series that appeals to many, and for those to whom it doesn't appeal, there's the 'off' switch. Arguably in a troubled world, there's much to be said for light-hearted programmes that don't take themselves too seriously.