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24 Redemption was shown on Sky 1 earlier this evening, as a two hour "special event", as I mentioned earlier.

Without ruining the story for those of you who missed it...

Jack Bauer is still Jack Bauer, but there's no CTU (as my mother reminded me!), so it's a lot more focussed on the "lone wolf" than the previous series.

Of course it's also nearly 22 hours shorter than a normal 24 series, so you can't really expect it to be anything like the normal series.

While watching it I was wondering how they'd manage to come up with a "full" story in 2 hours, when they're used to doing a real time story that lasts 24 hours... I needn't have worried - it works. It may not be a chef d'oeuvre, but it's still damn fine tv entertainment.

24 Redemption is being shown on Sky tonight.

24 Redemption is a 2 hour feature length special that is meant to bridge the gap between day 6 and day 7 (series 6 and series 7 in non-24 speak). It aired on US television last night, so I suspect quite a few people will already have downloaded a torrent version. Personally I prefer watching things on my TV if I have the choice ie. if I don't have to wait 6 months!

I don't like watching single episodes of TV shows, which is one of the reasons why a Sky+ box makes sense for me. The other problem I have is that I forget which evening or time a programme is showing!

During the week the Stargate Atlantis Season 4 boxset arrived from Amazon, so I spent most of yesterday watching it. Funnily enough Season 5 has started airing in the US already, so I was able to watch the first two episodes of Season 5 shortly after watching the grande finale of Season 4.