The sketch was introduced for the first time in the BBC comedy show At last the 1948 show. In it, actor Tim Brooke-Taylor teaches us the various dance steps needed to dance the Twist, exemplifying with an accountant's daily movements: cleaning his back with a towel, trying to move with your feet caught in...

The other day, swayed by the central heating and the lazy rythm of a sunday afternoon, I fell asleep and dreamt that the screenwriter's strike would never end. It wasn't a bad dream, actually, but for those preying on the entertainment industry I think it would've been nothing short of a nightmare....