Tuesday, 17 January 2012

The Power of Television.

My post Sherlock Survives: The Theory (about the mysterious ending to a BBC TV drama) has now taken over top spot in the list of all time most-viewed posts. The visitors have come not just from the UK and Ireland, as you’d expect, but from as far afield as the US, Australia, Asia and all corners of Europe including Russia.

But this post isn’t about statistics. It’s about the fact that a TV programme can unite people all over the world in the quest for an answer to a question: how did Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character, survive the fall from the roof of Bart’s Hospital?

TV’s big, isn’t it? Imagine what a tremendous power for good it could be in the world if only we concentrated on putting it to that use. But let’s not be too cynical because, just occasionally, we do.

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