Likewise. Given that the sum total of BBC coverage seemed to consist of a bit of practice week film of some visiting motorcyclists helping some ducks off the road, we should be eternally grateful to ITV4 (and Sky, who show ITV4 HD) for their splendid offerings.

We must let the BBC off though, because the cricket and tennis they show endlessly is so much more exciting than the TT. Anyone remember them cutting off Barry Sheene overtaking Kenny Roberts live at the British GP c1982 to go back to the cricket ("... and Botham walks slowly back.")

If some of the film taken at the time doesn't appear in that evening's show, hopefully we might see it used by Mr Duke in a few month's time in the video, er, DVD, er, Blu-Ray!