Like I Said, On the Test.

You may remember that last Wednesday (20/1/16) I had grown bored of work and had decided to talk about women's nipples instead.

Specifically I commented on how "War & Peace" had fractured the BBC's new found adoption of the US Federal Communication Commission's (FCC's) infamous "No Nipples Rule."

However I may have failed to mention that War & Peace was being broadcast in direct competition to the German series "Deutschland '83" which was being shown on Channel 4 (C4). Rather unsurprisingly this is set in Germany in the year 1983.

Long suffering C4 viewers will of course get the reference to the "This is England '86," "This is England '88," "This is England '90" mini-series' that followed the 2007 movie "This is England" no matter how little script there was. US viewers may of course recognise the story of a 'Soviet' spy working undercover in 'the west' from the TV Show "The Americans."

Basically it's the Germans going; "We're cool." "Despite our language we're not just bossing everybody about!"

Obviously despite War & Peace watching Deutschland '83 with my father is a bit of a challenge. Although as a deaf man he has to rely on subtitles in all programs he remains a little threatened by "foreign." Seriously getting him to sit down with my brother's Pakistani girlfriend over Christmas was a major step forward.

However my main complaint so far is that episode two contained a continuity error so shocking it's taken me the best part of two weeks to get over it.

Essentially the main spy returned to his hotel room after doing some urgent spy business. There he found an oriental looking waitress trying to seduce him. To this end she was lying on his bed wearing nothing but a towel. She then stood up to kiss him, unpinned her hair and was suddenly dressed in a skirt and a camisole. With no explanation.

However I've just realised that earlier in the same episode the main spy's girlfriend back home was taking a swim with a male friend. Obviously in this scene she took her clothes off and exposed her nipples.

Therefore I'm inclined to write off the glaring continuity error as the German's going; "Yeah, we're cool with that. However if she'd accidentally shown her tuppence during the fight scene you Brits would've freaked the f*ck out."

On the subject of pretty girls fighting during last year's Eurovision Song Contest I sung the praises of Season 1 "Marvel's Agents of Shield." I did this while watching Season 2 knowing that the director Joss Whedon had been off making some film. As a result that season was a bit of a let down. Essentially it was filled with just lots of pretty girls fighting reducing it to bog standard sci-fi fare.

However now Season 3 is being broadcast a little late on C4's "E4" it seems to be improving. Already they've made a joke about Season 2 in the form of Chloe Bennet wearing a tank-top without a bra.

Now Ms Bennet is the sort of woman who really needs to wear a bra. As a result Episode 1 was a complete continuity nightmare with in one frame one boob leaning to the left while in another frame it was suddenly leaning to the right.

Seriously if you printed out every frame and put them in a flick book I'm pretty sure you could make her boobs dance.

Anyway, now I've missed War & Peace it seems unlikely that I'll be getting back to some actual, proper work tomorrow.

22:00 on 24/1/15 (UK date).