I had one of those odd channel hopping moments last night, when switching between a News 24 package on Fidel Castro's retirement and BBC1's birthday tribute to Bruce Forsyth.
The latter was fronted by the supremely irritating Vernon Kay, who was clearly posing as heir apparent to the king of light entertainment.
Fidel to Raul, Brucie to Vernon – I couldn't decide which transition depressed me more.
Of course, I shouldn't make flippant comparisons between the BBC and Cuba. After all, one is a deeply unpleasant leftwing regime and the other is an island in the Caribbean.
