The Cage (BBC1)
Rating: Five stars out of five
Better than sex. That’s what an old sub-editor used to claim, as he eyed the one-armed bandit in the corner of the pub, on our break during the evening shift.
I could never fathom the attraction of that demented robotic contraption. If you have to throw your money away, at least the jukebox gives you a song.
But this white-haired journo would down his pint and make tense small talk for a few minutes every night before heading across to do battle with the bars, bells, oranges and cherries.
I hadn’t thought of him in years, until
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