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This week, we are told, is the grimmest of the year - a time when we realise that every last piece of chocolate in the house has finally been eaten and that we will, in more ways than one, be paying for the festive fun until the summer.

Even if you are unmoved by the PR-driven Blue Monday narrative, lousy weather and dark, long nights mean that many of us have sought a variety of ways to avoid the seasonal gloom.

I haven’t had to try too hard, following the BBC’s decision to finally rerun the brilliant sitcom, Early Doors, a 21st Century classic, that is set in an unremarkable Greater Manchester pub.

Blaise Tapp: Raise a glass to a welcome return of an old favourite