Saw the first episode of Nathan Barley on channel 4 on Friday night. Hmmm. It wasn't everything that I was expecting, but I didn't hate it. So I have decided to stop expecting the website-made-into-reality and try and judge the remainder as a TV series on its own.

The Nathan character was certainly not the same as in TVGoHome. He was an idiot but the character I was expecting is much more than that. He should have been posher and actively more obnoxious to really capture the essence of the original Nathan Barley. The other thing I think that didn't really work was the general satire of the inanity of media/new-media types. It was too obvious - the flip-flops in the headband - the tiny bikes - the tiny hats; quite funny but actually a bit of a blunt instrument. If you want to show the world what a valueless life that is then be more subtle - tell it like it is. But then maybe thats a different programme entirely. It is meant to be comedy after all but still I was expecting more of an Office-style verisimilitude. Then again a wise man told me; Never assume. It makes an ass of you and me..

The girl who plays Claire is lovely.