I'm sorry. I really am. I know I should stop telling you about great documentaries on telly every night, but seeing as it is a bank holiday, can I have one last go? Then I promise I'll do something else.
Though, to be honest, Power to the People (BBC 2, 9pm) has felt more like a random edition of a Dom Joly spoof in recent weeks than a bone fide documentary which aims to swing the balance on big issues.
So far, host Tim Samuels has got residents from a small south-west community to turn the tide on Londoners buying second homes in their area by helping them to decamp to Islington.
Last week, he took war vets to Trafalgar Square - didn't quite get that one though.
Tonight's, though, is just fantastic. It's the great granny chart invasion.
Basically, he gets about 100 pensioners - some in their 90s - to record a version of My Generation and sets about getting it into the charts.
It isn't a mickey-taking skit out of old people - he genuinely is trying to share their issues with a wider audience, reminding people that the grey hair brigade is growing rapidly, and deserves attention.
Tonight's is the last in the series and it is worth checking out - even if it is previewed to death on BBC Breakfast News.
One programme which surely will get the breakfast treatment from Dermot (does he work bank holidays?) is Springwatch, which starts an hour before Power to the People, at 8pm.
After Autumnwatch which was based at Martin Mere, this season of Springwatch, now back on BBC 2, is based in Devon. Expect expert commentary from Kate Humble and nutty rambling interspersed with fantastic nature insight from Bill Oddie. It is compulsive viewing and a great way of making nature accessible.
And after Oddie's skit on Coleen McLoughlin on Ronni Acona and Friends on Monday, even his bizarre presenting style isn't enough to put me off!
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