IAN HYLAND

On last night’s telly

Famous And Fighting Crime, C4 ★★★★

Must admit that I was slightly disappointed when Rod Stewart FaceTimed his wife Penny Lancaster at the end of her first shift as a police volunteer and failed to give her uniform a chorus of You Wear It Well.

However, this was a serious documentary. Which is why, when Katie Piper said of the real PC she had been assigned to, “It’s quite inspirational what Aga does”, my first response was absolutely not, “Oh. What does Aga do (do, do)?”.

Oh, alright then. It was my first response. I have a feeling Aga would have taken my gentle teasing well, though. She gets a lot worse on the streets.

The big surprise was just how close Katie, Penny and the rest of the celebrity recruits were allowed to get to that daily intimidation and abuse.

This may have sounded like a silly Alan Partridge idea, but it actually offered a proper insight into modern policing – and

Disappointed Rod failed to give Penny’s uniform a chorus of You Wear It Well

modern police. Turns out that most of them they are exactly the same as the rest of us. They watch Loose Women, they like a laugh and a joke at work, and they eat KFC for dinner.

One of last night’s lighter moments saw Penny’s new colleagues treating her to her very first KFC family bucket.

She attacked it in much the same way her fellow Loose Women get stuck into a free bar. Finger lickin’ good, isn’t it Penny?

And the really great thing is you can keep the bucket – just in case you ever have to carry Rod home.

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