Just in case any of you can take advantage of it, the BBC are running a Learning Chinese season at the moment. It's on BBC2 late on a Monday night (though its most likely on other channels and/or other nights too). I've no other info, I just happened to catch 5 minutes of it last night when I got up for a drink of water, and thought I'd pass it on.

I can, however, hereby attest that there is no way on God's Green Earth I have a hope of ever learning that language. Wow.