Watching TV in a busy household

OK I'll admit it, the Goth Mum Castle is a bit weird (ok that's a given), but we don't have a TV. TheMadScientist had this HUGE monitor for his PC before we were married and watched TV on a PC card. This has stuck. Currently TMS is sitting across the room from me (v comfy on the sofa with my laptop warming my legs - less fleas than the cat!)putting the final touches to a physics paper of finding planets (don't ask me I have no idea). This means that no mater that Lost in Austen is on in 15 mins. I'm not going to get to watch the TV.


Also, I usually have work to do in the evenings and you can guarentee that the one thing you want to watch will be on over bedtime. So I have a 2 pronged attack. The first is a PVR, much more reliable that getting the PC to record and you get a cute little TV guide thing you can pick what you want from. Kinda like Sky + without the subscription. The second picks up when my memory fails me, frequently, or on the rare occaision that two things are on. Streaming video on the internet. I love it. Temper tantrum brewing because we have missed the Number Jacks? No problem, call up the BBC iPlayer and you have 4 or five to choose from. I missed the first Lost in Austen so I spent a very happy hour on ITV's catch up. Channel 4 and Five both have services too but you need to pay for some of their content (which means installing a player / downloader)

So I'm off now to try and work out when Lost in Austen will be alailable on catch up.