It seems that the recent career of Martin has been one step forward and two back. Certainly he seems to have lost – or, hopefully, merely misplaced – his previous quality and sparkle.

LIMERICK farmer Tom Ryan has set off for Dublin the old-fashioned way: by horse and cart.

Work-shy Sgt Bilko renowned for his endless money-making scams was today saluted with the title of greatest ever sitcom.

The Berlin Wall is about to come down (the story is set circa l989) and we meet a group of US soldiers bored and behaving badly.