There isn't much to see on the Hammersmith Road unless you're a fan of vagrants, enjoy watching the odd lost and disappointed-looking tourist realising that the Novotel isn't quite as glamorous or central as it looked in the brochure, or get a kick out of seeing people nearly getting run over.
I've worked this out over the nine years that I've worked in the borough and even the hopelessly optimistic 'I love Hammersmith' posters that the council has attached to the street lights have not been enough to convince me otherwise.
But then I stumbled across Brit Cops: Zero Tolerance on Bravo. It shows another side to Hammersmith - the guns, the gang warfare, the massive drug problem that the local police face every day. I never realised it was so exciting. And even better, the police are frequently filmed pursuing assorted criminal types past our building so now I feel more engaged when I see the police cars screeching past my window.
Anyway, I now feel involved in the local criminal justice system. It's a top show and is on Bravo tonight at 9 and is better than the Apprentice and Britain's Got Talent. Watch it.
