24 SEPTEMBER 1983, Page 19

Sir: I was dismayed to switch on my telly black

and white, of course — the other day to see two Al crashers holding forth. One was an Irish pyschiatrist and the other your television critic. After ten minutes or so 1 gave up and read the Spectator in the bath. John Sweeney

45 Roebuck Road,

Crookesmoor, Sheffield