A little over eight months ago I posted a piece about the American series Ally McBeal, aired on Fox over 1997-2002. I’d just bought the box set in a charity shop in my adopted hometown, the throbbing metropolis of Bedford, Bedfordshire, for £10.00, and I’ve just watched the last of 120+ episodes. The series was a delight from start to finish, and far more truthful about the real natures of men and women than could or would be portrayed in a TV fictional drama today, where women are reliably strong and amazing, and men are contemptible scum.

Individual series (there were five) and complete box sets are available on Amazon for a song.