Well, I also heard a saintly voice saying the words too...

Good grief, it's finished. It seemed to go a lot quicker tonight. Great storyline, too.

Good grief, it's finished. It seemed to go a lot quicker tonight. Great storyline, too.

Have either of you ever been to a football match?

Have either of you ever been to a football match?

Whoops? maybe I FF'd it by mistake. I'd better not tell you what happens, then. But it's a good one.

1st time in the late 70s. Stoke beat Spurs 3-2.

Do we ever meet Gene Hunt's wife?

I haven't, but I grew up not far from Manchester, and our local team once drew United in the FA cup. We lived a good 3/4 mile from the ground, and there were cars parked everywhere for miles around, even in our road. And we could hear the noise - the roars when someone scored. Or didn't. Brilliant!

It won't be giving anything away when I tell you no we don't.

No, but my house backs on to where the old York City ground used to be, so I saw a lot of fans going to the game.

You've probably heard my brother chanting slogans then.

Shame. I'd have been really interested to see her!

Isn't it more tantalising just to hear about her in conversation? Like Arthur Daley's 'er indoors.

Or Mrs Mainwaring in Dad's Army?

Oh yeah and Mrs Columbo! Thanks, Gene.

They wouldn't do it like that now. They'd have someone playing those characters, and demonstrating all the things the original let you use your imagination about. Nobody lets you imagine now. They spell it out on screen, maybe because people don't read enough these days and don't know how to imagine..

Howard's mother in the Big Bang Theory.

Funny that it is always invisible women. Is there any example of a male relative who is notorious but never seen?

They wouldn't do it like that now. They'd have someone playing those characters, and demonstrating all the things the original let you use your imagination about. Nobody lets you imagine now. They spell it out on screen, maybe because people don't read enough these days and don't know how to imagine..

The next door neighbour in Home Improvement. He's a man.

The Big Bang Theory's only a few years old.

Wow - 35p for a ticket to a football match.

Is that himself as a boy that he saw?

In 1973 a week's wage would be about £40, I'm guessing. It's about £600+ now.

And the only reason the universe didn't implode is that this is fiction we're watching!

I suppose that's right.

Perhaps they actually have to touch for the universe to implode?