BBC4 has cottoned onto Liverpool's City of Culture year and slapped some great Scouser tele for this week.

Last night I watched The Golden Vision, Ken Loach's 1968 docu-drama about Everton, featuring the footballer Alex Young and a golden era in Everton's history.

Funny, moving, real; probably the best bit of tele I've seen in years - and it's a 40-year-old programme.

Before sloping off to bed I watched Life on Mars too, so more north-west retro tele than you can poke a stick at. Probably not surprising then that I dreamed in retro - about David Essex, no less.

It's David Essex, the Rock On years, and I'm sitting at a dining table like the one in my grandad's house talking about 1974 and he's saying 'I can't believe you remember all this' and I'm saying 'yes, but I was nine - Rock On was brilliant'.

It was only looking at an old Top of the pops recording of Lamplight this morning that I realised how popular he clearly was. Unassuming though he may be in my dream last night. Watch the looks of adoration on those girls' faces as they jiggle!!