Today "big kids" of a certain age across Bath and beyond rejoiced at the announcement that the much-loved animated '80s TV hero Danger Mouse was to make a comeback.
The cartoon series, which ran for more than a decade until it ended in 1992, will make his return next year when it is screened by CBBC.
The white-clad rodent who wore a patch over one eye was voiced by Sir David Jason, while his sidekick Penfold was played by the late Terry Scott, although there has been no confirmation of stars who will be in the new run.
The show, created by the Cosgrove Hall animation studios (also responsible for Count Duckula), originally ran on ITV and many viewers will recall the title music which featured the lines: "He's the Greatest, He's Fantastic, wherever there is danger he'll be there."
It'll be interesting to see what is done with the crime-busting mouse and his arch nemesis, the megalomaniac frog, Baron Greenback ... will the show have a computer-generated 3D makeover and lose its old quaint animated charms?
Perhaps, on reflection, Danger Mouse should be left in the '80s and be viewed through rose-tinted glasses ...
Which '80s classic would you like to see return to our screens?
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