Ok, so, what with my finger being so on the pulse I wrote about the Ab Fab new episode rumours in August with my VERY REAL concerns for the resuscitation of Edina and Patsy. It might not seem like it at the time but the menopause is finite and for 60 year old Edina and 39 year old Patsy it’s not something they’d particularly wish to reminisce over. So how much material could there possibly be for Saunders I wondered.

After the last distressing revival I was prepared to spend 30 minutes stony faced. Putting on Christmas pounds is not something that concerns me but I was pretty confident my buttocks would get a little work out, there’s nothing so uplifting as a bit of embarrassed clenching. 

Uncaged Monkeys: Night of 200 Billion Stars made me laugh, brought a lump to my throat, boggled my mind – but mostly it gave me hope in humanity. At least two of the main acts seemed surprised at the show’s success (“I can’t believe I’m standing in a medium-sized rock venue talking about physics”)  and the geekish excitement was palpable both on and offstage.

So what is Uncaged Monkeys? It began life two years ago as a touring version of Robin Ince’s Radio 4 show, The Infinite Monkey Cage.  The three-hour show - a cross between a series of short science lectures and a stand up comedy gig -  has sold out venues all over the country. I was lucky enough to catch the last night of the tour, in Brighton.