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One source told me – in a line worthy of the sitcom Yes Minister – that the trio might “decide to decide, decide to delay deciding, or… decide not to decide”.

And the on-screen family from sitcom Outnumbered will reunite for a sketch, ahead of their own forthcoming festive special.

It’s also a central pillar of the pair’s edifying new sitcom.

He was known for roles on stage and screeen including in TV sitcoms Not Going Out and Bedtime, dramas like Bleak House and Gentleman Jack, and soaps Coronation Street and EastEnders.

That might come, of course — sitcoms, if they’re allowed to go on, tend to mature like wine — or it might not.