The most absorbing strand is set in now-ish London, where Dan (outstanding Michael Salami) has fallen for his boss (Nina Singh). It's all teasing and sex until Daniel's mother drowns in a flood ...

In another era they hurled salami and risotto at singers they deemed unworthy. In 1982, they even booed legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti as he sang 'Don Carlo,' considered among the most ...