BBC News, Dominic Cummings statement, BBC One, Monday at 4pm
AT a time when a new drama or documentary is a rarity on our screens, with even the soap run nearing an end in this current Covid-19 era, the struggle is real for some decent television viewing.
And with much of the most recent 'drama' happening on Downing Street, Durham and now the infamous Barnard Castle, the Dominic Cummings statement on Monday was not to be missed.
A day after British prime minister Boris Johnson had given his chief adviser his full backing, it was time for the man himself to face the cameras.
As we all - well most of us - continue to abide by lockdown restrictions set in place in March, the calls for him to explain his 260 mile trip from London to his father's property in Durham have been relentless.
And as he strode into the Downing Street rose garden, more than half an hour late, he began to set out his own version of events.
It is unprecedented for a senior special adviser to address the nation and take questions in the way Mr Cummings did.
But as the person who masterminded the successful Brexit campaign ahead of the UK's referendum on EU membership, the man who former Conservative prime minister David Cameron once described as a 'career psychopath' - Mr Cummings is certainly no stranger to a big event.
Dressed in an open-neck white shirt, his sleeves folded back, the political strategist meant business - his presence in the rose garden symbolic in itself; never before has it been handed over to an unelected official to hold court in such a way.
Setting out his diary of events surrounding his alleged breach of lockdown guidelines, Mr Cummings said he drove to Durham to isolate in a property on his father's farm amid concerns over care for his four-year-old son if both he and his wife were incapacitated by Covid-19.
"I was worried that if my wife and I were both seriously ill, possibly hospitalised, there was nobody in London we could reasonably ask to look after our child and expose themselves to Covid," he said.
He told of how he then developed symptoms of the virus.
The statement then strayed into the surreal when Mr Cummings explained how he drove 30 miles from his parents' countryside pad to Barnard Castle.
Bizarrely, he said it was to test his eyesight, which he was concerned had been impaired by coronavirus, and to check his readiness to drive back to London.
Throughout, he maintained he had acted "reasonably" and within the law.
At most, he conceded one or two minor errors of his judgment, but there was never an inkling he would apologise, and he was adamant he had not considered stepping down.
So was the public performance successful? Did he convince us all that he had abided by the lockdown regulations?
Whether you agree with him or not, his actions have raised the continuing question: Did one of the government's most senior employees ignore the rules he had helped set for millions of people?
His determination to remain in post was obvious and the support he has from his boss is abundantly clear.
And it would appear there are millions like me, living in my own lockdown bubble, but still keen for a piece of political scandal to get my teeth into.
Despite the glorious sunshine weather on Monday and the fact it was a bank holiday, the interview proved to be a big TV ratings hit - a reported 3.7 million viewers tuned in to hear Boris's chief adviser defend himself.
It was an extraordinary press conference, laced with his refusal to resign and his complete insistence he had not broken the rules. Despite his detailed account, the questions over his conduct just keep coming.
