And now, a further twist to the aerial issue. I have a set top version plugged in and hanging over the curtain rail, and can watch off air ITV and other channels on its multiplex. Not BBC. So I went into the recorded programmes to delete the ones where nothing had been recorded, and there BBC was, perfect. I suppose the tuner used must have been better than the one I had been watching - except that this is the recorder which complains about weak signals when everything else is perfectly happy.

Jack, I go along with what you describe - but how the dickens do things know when it is a bank holiday?