Back in the day, before there was rolling 24-hour kids’ TV, nippers had to seek their televisual thrills in an adult-defined couple of hours after school and before tea, a clip round the lughole and early bed (maybe that was just us).
Looking back with sepia-tinted specs, every programme was a classic Danger Mouse, Dogtanian, strange puppet-based adventures.
But one show shone like a primary-coloured beacon, a truly epic and unmissable series of adventures unrivalled by any other fruit-based superhero.
Bananaman.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mFNNHZcbnTY%3Frel%3D0
And now, one person is going to live the dream by undertaking his own amazing transformation into the hero of Acacia Avenue for a live action movie.
Perhaps he would be the man to tackle Tayside and Fife’s housebreaking menace.
As we revealed in our exclusive series, detection rates for the crime are as low as 4% in some areas.
In Wednesday’s Courier, we describe why some people have very little chance of seeing their stolen goods ever again.
Another mission for Bananaman? Move the darned Forties pipeline that runs alongside the T in the Park site.
That way, the organisers don’t have to look for a new venue. We have all the latest on the ongoing wrangle over the festival site.
And should young Eric have a spare moment after that, he could turn his mind to sorting out the independence referendum, Curriculum for Excellence, the Budget and phone hacking. We bring you coverage of them all.
He could also turn his mind, as our columnist Christian Dailly has, to the issue of allowing Rangers to play their Scottish cup semi-final against Dundee United at Ibrox. But we fancy even Bananaman’s superpowers would be unable to penetrate the lunacy of the SFA.
For all this and so much more see Wednesday’s Courier or try our digital edition.