TELEVISION ROGER LEWIS

What I’d commission were I in charge – Freddie Fox starring in his dad’s old role in a six-part serial of The Day of the Jackal, set in 1963, recreating a France since lost underneath the unrestricted immigration of British expatriates.

I’d want to find the new Jack Hargreaves, who can impart pearls of wisdom from his potting shed on how to eradicate seagulls. There’d be a, destined to be funnier and more beloved by audiences than , and starring Simon Russell Beale and Rosamund Pike.