I know just how Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged felt

In the marvellous Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of books, there is one character called Bowerick Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged.

As the Guide says, he was not born immortal but had immortality thrust upon him:

"Most of those who are born immortal instinctively know how to cope with it, but Wowbagger was not one of them. Indeed, he had come to hate them, the load of serene bastards. He had his immortality inadvertently thrust upon him by an unfortunate accident with an irrational particle accelerator, a liquid lunch, and a pair of rubber bands."

Naturally, a bit like the character in Groundhog Day who cannot kill himself no matter what he does as he always wakes up the next day alive and kicking, Wowbagger takes all sorts of risks with his life and 'cleans up' on 'high-yield long-term investments'. He then decides to insult every living creature in the universe...in alphabetical order. After all, you've got to have a goal in life. Right?

Now, obviously, I am not immortal, so how come I sympathise with poor Wowbagger? It's because at one point in the radio series, he asks his shipboard computer if there is any film he's not seen over thirty thousand times. The computer answers: "There's Angst in Space: you've only seen that 32,803 times."

When I settle down to do some sort of needlework or crochet, I scour the UK TV channels that I can watch online for anything to amuse me while working. Almost invariably, I end up on ITV 3, which broadcasts old series - mostly crime series - non-stop. If I've only seen an episode of some good crime series only two or three times, I count myself very lucky.