Great title for a TV channel, UKTV Gold, but surely some of the programmes that are repeated here wouldn't ever count as Golden Telly.

There's no question, Dads Army and Fawlty Towers are worthy of inclusion, so too are Only Fools and Horses and Last of the Summer Wine. I've no great objections to the Generation Game, Wogan and Jim'll fix it. The A-team, The Dukes of Hazzard, Thunderbirds, Dr Who and the Goodies all deserve airtime.

But surely programmes like the Catherine Tate Show, The Office, Gimme Gimme Gimme were never mainstream enough and a bit too vulgar to warrant the Gold label ?

Perhaps those in charge of scheduling UKTV Gold should be a little more discerning ? If the programmes could make some people feel uncomfortable or embarrassed when watching them, they're not really Gold, are they ?

For me gold means old programmes not ones which have just finished airing on mainstream tv. Many of the older programmes would have a chance of reaching a new audience who hadn't seen them the first time round.

A TRUE gold channel would show the complete pallet of various b/w and colour classic tv shows from the 50's 60's 70's 80's and 90's on ITV/BBC etc through the years(everything that exists).