Due to some crazy scheduling on Sunday evening there were three programmes we wanted to watch all starting in the same hour. The Sky + box is only ever going to be good enough to handle two of these, so we had to forsake one of them.

Louis Theroux Behind Bars was the loser in the game (or maybe I was the loser, because I really wanted to see this one), and so I thought I would check out the marvellous BBC iPlayer to watch again.

What a great innovation, the BBC puts all its programmes for the past 7 days online for on-demand viewing. You can log onto the site and surf through their channel guide or pick a highlight listed. I was able to watch Louis Theroux in full screen glory, great quality with good sound.

There are some drawbacks - it doesn’t work if you are outside the UK, which I guess is for copyright/legal issues, its a massive shame because I’d love to use this when I’m travelling and I want to see programmes quickly. I guess there are ways round this, but I’d love to find a way that someone could register and still get access whilst out of the country - this would make it an essential business tool.

Well done beeb - thats what I like to see my license fee being spent on.

Oh - and the programme? Excellent TV - Louis Theroux (I am a massive fan - so any review would be biased) goes inside St Quentin jail in the US and interviews inmates and guards…brilliant stuff - you can watch it just by clicking here.