The Middle East has featured a lot in my work recently and I've just got back from Abu Dhabi.  At least they show The Flintstones there, not like other Gulf states.  In Qatar the TV stations don't broadcast it but those in Abu Dhabi do.

Talking of the Middle East.  My wife and I were flying out there for a sun, fun and diving holiday a few years back.  As we queued at the check-in at Heathrow, I said to my wife, "I wish we'd brought the telly".  "What ever for", she replied.  "Because the passports are on top of it", I said.