SIR – Just what the heck are independent television companies up to? Being an early riser in the morning, I want to watch the 5.30am world news.

What am I treated to instead? At 5am, I can partake of the delights or otherwise of Jim Jam & Sunny, at 5.25am, I am being spoiled with Engie Benjy! Either ITV think that I, and other early birds, are completely ‘sausage’ or the clots seriously believe that there are small children up and about at that time. BBC are just as bad. All TV seems to cater for the unemployed, insomniacs, or the totally loopy, the poor working man after a hard week’s work may wish to put his feet up in front of the TV on a night at the weekend, he’s sure in for a treat (I don’t think).

A friend of mine tells me that his son and partner stay up all night watching some tripe called Big Brother. This consists of cameras watching people asleep in their beds. The highlight of the night is when one of them gets up to go to the toilet – the mind doth boggle.

It could be that I am just prejudiced, or worse, could I be metamorphosing into a grumpy old man?

Terry Tordoff, Calderstone Avenue, Buttershaw