Dot to Dot - the daily 5min Alexa demo show

One for the vision-impaired listeners of Dot to Dot today - Thomas Domville ([email protected]) demos a spoken word radio station that serves up a range of awesome audio. I use the word 'awesome' advisedly as this one's for our American cousins only I'm afraid.

Create personalised makeup, hair and nail looks for any event, or check out the latest beauty trends with today's skill. Works on all Echos but even better with a screen.

Today we ask the A-lady for an impression of Darth Vader, to speak like Yoda, and to launch the 'Trivia Game for Star Wars'. We should also pay our respects to Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in many of the Star Wars films, and who sadly passed away this week.

Pretend being six separate animals to give yourself an all-round workout with today's superb skill suitable for children of all ages (that includes you).

If you're catching today's skill on your Echo then this one should be listened to on that stereo pair we set up a couple of days ago - or else connect your favourite Bluetooth headphones - and settle back and immerse yourself in the big blue wobbly world of the whales. Yup - just a nice ambient sounds skill today, but well worth it.

Today's skill by The Marsh Hen Inc needs one of those colourful, versatile and satisfyingly thumpable Echo buttons to catch those waves and stay out of the weeds. With Faith's help we find out that it's probs only a 5 out of 10, though - tops.

Today I take two 3rd Gen Echo Dots and turn them into a stunning stereo pair. Probs not ideal that they're in separate rooms, but not everything in life is perfect.

Scot V (@stvan1969) is back to needle us with the nagging knowledge that this nice skill isn't available on this side of the pond. Actually he does no such thing - instead he simply demos this cool capability to discover radio stations around the world that play your kind of music.

As seen on TV (well, actually, as heard in a recent Amazon Echo weekly round-up email), The built-in TVguide functionality will help you discover brand new shows on both TV and on-demand platforms.

A few little bits and some other very minor bobs.