NORTHERN PLANNER

With a two year old, it's inevitable I get my fair share of kids telly.

Most of it manages that genius balance of being mostly aimed at kids, but with enough subtle adult themes to get parents watching with their offspring.

Which means the usual, tired old archetype of Dad as the feckless idiot who needs resourceful Mum and kids to get him out the scrapes he continually blunders into.

There's King Thistle.

There's Daddy Pig

Just like there's Mr Incredible

You see this tired old archetype in hundreds of ads and stuff. Without wanting to bang on about male anxiety again, if ever there was an opportunity to creare a new, hero Dad type, it is now.