Oh dear. I have a confession to make... This is a serious breach of sanity and self-control. Last night, after our weekend guests had departed, Andrew and I were watching telly. We were flicking through various channels and realised that these days those silly quiz channels are all that's broadcast at night.

So with little better to do we decided to work out what they were all about. The idea is that they have a question (Who are the top 10 popular film villains?) or a crossword (Instrument or Bird themed, for example). They entice viewers with hundreds of pounds to ring the premium rate number (with a small chance - it's not guaranteed) to get through to the studio. Then you get to state your answer and if you're right, win loads of cash.

Now I'm not proud but we did some research into which competitions were best to enter. The crossword style ones are, of couse, great because you can see all the answers on the screen rather than having to guess which villians they're looking for. So having had a number of beers, we kind of - accidentally I stress - called up. In just one night it's got to the stage where we have a money pot specifically for throwing coins into when we call these channels so we can pay the phone bill.

Someone save us!