I note with fascination that the Queen Mother Theatre is putting on "Dark Corners", starring Richard Whitmore. One man's struggle to humanise the barbaric prisons of the nineteenth century etc. etc.

I can't help but feel that they may find this kind of impassioned "one man can make a difference", exploitation of history drama a rather overcrowded niche. At least, as long as BBC2 keep showing repeats of Doctor Quinn: Medicine Woman.