Back in 1997, I became fairly addicted to the second series of a late-night cult BBC show, This Life, charting the lives and loves of a bunch of house sharing twenty-something lawyers in London. It was ground breaking at the time, shot in fast shaky real-life closeups, sparing no blushes and dealing frankly with controversial subjects (which kept it in its late night timeslot as it grew in popularity); I loved it. I rediscovered the series again in 2000 when I managed to get hold of the first series on DVD (to my disappointment, they didn’t launch DVDs of the 2nd). Well… Great news, Anna, Miles, Milly and Egg are back! The BBC have commissioned a ten years on special to be shown at Christmas and in anticipation, they’re re-running every episode in Monday - Thursday double bills straight after Newsnight. The Series 2 DVD I longed for has also hit the shelves! It’s amazing how the series continues to resonate 10 years on [now many of my friends *are* twenty something lawyers in London!]. It’s also amazing how some of the ground breaking innovations now look like old hat (shaky closeup camera work, dealing bluntly with no longer so taboo issues) and bizarrely, I now live on the same street as the housemates did back then. Don’t forget to tune in - BBC2 all this week.