VICTORIA Wood once said, "Everything goes around in circles, and what goes around comes around. Some things go in very small circles, like ski pants. They're in and out all the time. And somewhere, I hope, is a very large circle with Crossroads on it and it will eventually come back."

When it comes to television, she appears to be right. The Jewel in the Crown, for example, was on a huge circle before its recent repeats. Prisoner Cell Block H on the other hand, comes back more often than last night's lager.

So what would you like to see the return of?

Here's a few of my suggestions.

1. Telephones with proper bells in them.

2. Old five pence pieces. I still haven't got the knack of pulling the new ones out of the corners of my purse when there is a queue behind me. And now they've down-sized 50p coins as well. They were the only thing that made me feel I had any money in my pocket at all.

3. 1984 holiday prices.

And then there's the things you hope go on a round trip to the other side of the galaxy. I can think of a few of those too.

Phrases like 'Girl power!' uttered by pouting temptresses in mini skirts. I don't remember men ever trying to stop you wearing hot pants and bra tops, girls. Empowered to do what, exactly?

People who pretend to wheeler-deal on public transport. You aren't impressing anybody, you know.

The unpleasant tone BT thrusts down your earpiece when you inadvertently call a line that has been disconnected. Whether its supposed to be punishment for calling or not I don't know, but a word in BT's ear, if I may: We don't do it on purpose. Get the well spoken, but strangely patronising electronic woman who repeats the numbers at Directory Inquiries to tell us instead.

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