Colin Sheridan: TV rituals shouldn’t be forgotten

It felt good when my two children recently took it upon themselves to make an appointment with their granny to start watching 'Strictly Come Dancing' on a Saturday and Sunday night

Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu after he became the seventh celebrity eliminated from 'Strictly Come Dancing'. Was his eviction related to an anti-Irish bias within the judging panel? And the broader British public? Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/PA

It's hardly the most dramatic scene of any Steven Spielberg movie, but it’s memorable, nonetheless. In Catch Me If You Can, Leonardo di Caprio’s Frank Abagnale Junior sits on his in-laws’ couch beside his fiancé, Amy Adams, innocently unaware of a wholesome tradition that is about to unfold in front of him.

The television suddenly starts playing the intro music to her family’s favourite TV show. Martin Sheen (the dad) skips down the stairs, angry at himself for almost missing it. Nathalie Baye undoes her apron and runs in from the kitchen. Adams is comfortable, knowing what’s coming next.