If you've managed to avoid discovering anything about the Buffy series finale, Chosen, we strongly advise you to stay away from the UK press today.

Both Metro, the free newspaper distributed to commuters in the South of England, and the Ananova online news service have spoiled key moments of the finale, which British viewers won't see until mid-June.

The finale scored a healthy 4.7 Neilson rating in America, and placed UPN fifth - rather than its usual sixth - in the battle of the networks on Tuesday night.

In one of his irregular postings to the Bronze Beta message board, Joss Whedon announced 'spoilers' for next Tuesday night in the world of Whedon, including the revelations that he: "will probably have a beer," that the Earth will be, "more or less turning, pretty certain..." and that he, "might read".