THERE are many questions in life that are simply unanswerable. What are we doing here? Does God exist? What is the secret ingredient in Colonel Sanders' KFC?

But thankfully, for any questions that apply to appliances there is one simple, beautiful answer: "Have you tried switching it on and off?"

When you've re-booted, hit the Ctrl, Alt, Delete, Shift key separately /all together/ in three different combinations, and even given your computer a very stern look so it knows you mean business, but it still won't play, then you call the IT helpdesk.

And now Channel Four, in this brilliant documentary, The IT Crowd, have exposed the sham: Helpdesks simply rig their phonelines up to a taped answer that plays over and over on a loop to answer every IT query thrown their way: "Have you tried switching it on and off?"

Okay, so it's not a documentary, it is in fact the latest comic masterpiece from Chris Morris, and although it's not a laugh a minute, I'm enjoying the company of the geeks. I feel at home, squeezing the show between emailing and playing space invaders.

Nothing much happens. The plots simply follow Jen, Roy and Moss trying to pass off as normal human beings as the successful people swan around in the offices upstairs.

I've seen the Apprentice and know who I'd rather hang out with. After all, the geeks will inherit the earth.