Fairies Again: Sorry for ranting

Fairy-hello again!

OK, so it's long been my belief that there are only 30 or so actors in the whole of Australia. That's based on the fact that any time you see an Australian Film, all the cast also appear in soap operas.

Anyway, here's the problem with The Fairies. These are four actors who are too poor to get a job on Home and Away. Today we learnt about shapes. The way Australians pronounce "Equilateral" is my latest grievance about the show. Fan-fairy-tastic.

Elsewhere, Little Prairie Dogs is a poor idea poorly executed. The only silver lining on our telly box at the moment is Olivia - been a while since we've had something the adults can enjoy too.

The Fairies

Well tonight I did something I'd sworn not to do. I sat through a full episode of The Fairies. DTE is currently obsessed with those Fairy books - you know the ones - they deserve a scathing blog post all of their own.

Anyway, it was only a matter of time before an advert was spotted and the terrifying words "Can we book The Fairies into Planner?" were uttered. I'd caught glimpses of the show in the past - I feared it was bad. Jeeps I was right.

Let's kick off with the use of the word Fairy, which is randomly inserted into every sentence -"Fan-fairy-tastic" is just about OK, but when counting goes "Fairy one, fairy two..." I start to feel my hackles rise.

Next we have a "full of fun" fat bloke in a bumblebee costume, who makes Big Cook Ben look like olympic gold medalist for enthusiasm.

Then there are the fairies themselves. Each one as saccharin as the last. Next time I moan about British kids TV, remind me how lucky I am not to be a telly box watching dad in Australia.