24 'Season 5'

WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Instead of sitting in the pub chatting about girls' bottoms, Agent Bauer is forced to chase terrorists again, this time Russian ones. Not helping him is the fact the government's as bent as Uri Geller's cutlery drawer.

ANY GOOD? The brilliant real-time show refuses to relent. This nervy rollercoaster has a super-evil Russian terrorist called Vladimar Bierko, who shoots nerve gas and tries to fire 12 missiles into LA. The git!

BIGGEST TV SEXUAL FRUSTRATION: How can Kiefer Sutherland concentrate with supervixen Elisha Cuthbert purring away nearby? Not that he gets to shag her - she plays his daughter, guttingly.