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The arrival of this program offers mixed news to women's libbers. The good news is that it's written by a woman, Tina Billet. The bad news is that it features a harassed housewife trying to keep her kitchen tidy.

Forget the social implications, it's a great game: original, challenging and addictive.

Mrs Mopp's problem is that her beautiful kitchen is gradually being littered by dust and cups. She has to use a dustpan to pick up the dust and a container to pick up the cups.

The trouble is she can only use one of these at a time, and after picking up ten objects, it needs emptying - in the dustbin or sink as appropriate.

What's worse is that after emptying a few containers the game moves to a higher level and shirts, glasses and other objects start appearing. Each needs a different container to be cleared up.

Very soon Mrs Mopp will find herself completely penned in. and her only means of escape is to cast a spell, of which she has a very limited number.

One final complication is that as time moves on Mrs Mopp becomes exhausted and you must refresh her by moving her to the drinks table. If you leave her there she becomes less tired, then fit, then happy, and finally drunk, a state which causes her to lurch around the screen uncontrollably.

I hate to admit it, but for once I really enjoyed doing the housework.