Immediately after last night's TV debate, I found it difficult to seperate the three party leaders.

Even now, after a good night's sleep, the task is proving near-impossible.

All three turned in performances that peaked and troughed equally throughout the 90 minutes.

Nick Clegg was as confident and breezy as he was last week although his smugness over how clean his MPs were wasn't a good move, David Cameron's put-down was impressive and really put Clegg in his place.

Very much the elder statesman - it's amazing what a new hair cut and a shave can do - Brown's opening 'if it's all about style and PR, count me out' struck a chord as did his closing about the buck stopping with him.

Cameron was so much more comfortable and answered his questions with a passion that was lacking last week and he even agreed with Brown over the way to proceed with the Trident programme.

Some of the questions from the audience in Bristol mirrored those asked last week, giving Brown and Cameron a second bite at the cherry and both seized the initiative.

What really surprised me last night, and this morning, is the opinion polls, a few of which had Brown in third despite delivering a marginally stronger performance than Clegg and Cameron.

Clegg appears to have come out on top in most of the papers, except The Sun's but I guess Mr Murdoch won't let the truth get in the way of a good Tory story, but the level of support from Brown was minimal, confirming the opinion that he'll never be able to win over huge swathes of the country.

At the end of it all though, none of the three delivered the knock-out blow which would have sealed the deal on May 6 and with one debate still to go, it's all to play for.

The debate flowed much better than last week but there is still some fine-tuning to do to make sure the all-important economy debate next week on the BBC next Thursday.

Presenter Adam Boulton did well and was less eager to break up the debate than Alistair Stewart was last week but the invite for the party leaders to step forward and shake hands was a little too forced at the end.

Viewing figures will have been down but hopefully those who haven't tuned in to either debate yet will be glued to the BBC for next week's finale.

On Monday, I'll be blogging about possibly the most interesting PR gift I have ever received and will be looking at any developments in the weekend papers.

Until then you can keep bang up to date with what is going on via my Twitter page at www.twitter.com/AndrewGreavesBN