"To say a strike could never happen wouldn't be fair," he said.

Then when the strikes didn't happen the studios simply went dormant.

Infuriatingly for him, it turned out to be money wasted because the strike didn't happen.

The strike has happened, we need to put it on one side and move on.

If a strike does happen, people who normally get to work in 60 or 90 minutes should add an hour to that, officials advised.

Belgium was likely one of the first important industrial countries where a general strike happened, at least in Europe.

But if a strike happens, he said, "I don't think anybody believes it will be business as usual."

Apparently Number 10 is secretly delighted the strike will happen.

As a result, there will be fewer episodes to air for each of these shows, although some were produced early knowing the strike may happen.

Because the strike never happened, all three series were far enough ahead to complete this season by mid-February.