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Just to mention it because Chris and I found this particular joy of the internet last night (while pondering the wisdom of my ill-formed plan to host a “come as Jonathan Meades” party) – the YouTube user MeadesShrine has a vast array of clips and full shows from the back catalogue of the perfect man himself. There was a plan for a DVD set from the Beeb, but it seems to have been shelved temporarily, for reasons that pass human understanding. As MeadesShrine says on their user page:

until the dvds arrive, lets congregate and genuflect here for a while.
“re-availablization” will be our clumsy watchword.

I’ll also take this opportunity to re-note my observation, for those who don’t follow my Twittering, that – while I have respect for Hugo Weaving – Meades should have played Agent Smith in The Matrix. A man delivering lengthy monologues in patrician tones about the state of the world while wearing a dark suit and sunglasses? Meades all over.