How Channel 4 took an entertainment masterpiece and turned it into slurry

Watching the final back to back episodes of LOST on channel 4 last night was an exercise in frustration. Indeed that has been the way of it for the whole series and I wish I hadn't started.

The problem, frankly, was a simple one and had nothing to do with the series itself but one that lay very much at the doorstep of the channel 4 offices. The adverts. Oh sweet Lord the adverts. So fast and furious they came that even the dog could not hide his frustration.

So, that's it for that particular series on 4. I shall be watching the next series on DVD.