I was a punk in the days of my youth.

Not a proper one.

A part-time one.

Respectably dressed clerical worker by day, but by night, with the addition of a couple of well-placed safety pins and a hole or two in my Levis, I was transformed into...

Well, “transformed” is probably over doing it, but I did pogo a lot at the local youth club, and used a Johnny Rotten badge to pierce my ear. (It blew up to the size of a cauliflower, so my mum said I had to take the earring out.)

I put a bit of that experience into the script for this ITV comedy drama.

The comedian, Sean Hughes, did a great job of bringing the character of Harry to life.

The programme was commended by the Royal Television Society.

I got my tux out and went to the do. It was full of middle-aged blokes, like me.

Not a safety pin in sight.