Sunday night is BBC2 night

If sunday morning's are all about the radio, the melancholy moods of sunday evening are dispelled thanks to a bit of escapism on the goggle-box.

BBC2 is surpassing itself at the moment. Following a slap up feed and few beers of fruity charm (tonight = salmon, roast pots and greens with Green King IPA) I relax on my bean bag and enjoy a visual feast.

Ray Mears starts preceedings, and although he can be a bit preachy and a bit of a hippy I do admire his holistic approach and envy the places he tramps to. He can keep the grub canapes and ant medicines though. Tonight he wandered through Northern Queensland with the Bush Tucker Man.

Wild China follows directly afterwards and the sumptuous landscapes bring back my happy travels through that amazing country. It's a good mix of ideas - ecology, anthropology, and nature are effectvley bundled together.

The night is rounded off by Jonathan Dimbleby travelling through Russia. One of the better moments tonight? Chucking back Vodka as he orders trout in the dining car of a siberian express train. The man is pure class, if only there were more broadcasters of his calibre on our airwaves, his silken vowels and twinkley-eyed engagement with hairy russians is as intoxicating as the booze.