Top tips

MUMS OVER 50. Don't forget the last date for boiling Christmas carrots and sprouts is the 5th December.

TOURETTES sufferers with an interest in Victoriana. Simply replace shouting 'fuck', 'cunt' and 'wanker' with 'poppycock' , 'fiddlesticks' and 'balderdash' to recreate an authentic Victorian experience.

DEAL OR No Deal producers: Save money on packaging by using simple envelopes to reveal the cash amounts, rather than using a whole box of which only the underside of the lid is used.