'Such Brave Girls' and Suspiros de España. While on our public television the hypothetical signing of David Broncano causes an earthquake, the BBC produces a series whose broadcast on Spanish public television would cause monocle falls.

Until two days ago, when North American and Spanish series served us around twenty servings per season, sitting in front of a British series meant watching a breeze. Now that the ghost of short series is sweeping the world, lovers of long-form series have nowhere to rest our heads and we are like chickens without ditto.