A roundup of great moments from The Wire. I love how this series has finally broken through to the general consciousness. It seems like every other person I know is currently working through the box sets. If you're not then get to it.

Fave Brummie band with huge potential start their journey to success and all that. There's a clip <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/18/three.shtml">here</a> of the comedy show in question and while it's, um, okay-ish the music is fab!

Speechification for telly. Interesting that while they rip and mp3 the radio shows they're embedding the iPlayer here, meaning the older posts are full of "no longer available" screens and therefore useless. Be useful for current stuff though.

A gem found on the BBC iPlayer from their Parliament channel. 40 mins of Fry on what public service broadcasting is worth in the digital age.

Birmingham Post: "Channel 4 bosses have confirmed that Birmingham will be the national hub of its new £10 million digital media fund."