I think they did a great job, but I’m sure that the last thing they need (or viewers want) is to see a dolly “interviewing” each of them with such bon mots as “how does it feel to be home?”.

Such insight gives ammunition to those who talk of scrapping the licence fee.

Instead of blanket celebration, there were a number of callers who simply couldn’t bring themselves to bask in the reflected glory. Instead they came out with all sorts of crap about how the sports we had won medals in were “for the rich” or “elitist”.

Ask our current crop of athletes whether they have any money, and I think most people would be surprised what a struggle it is for most of their lives when they are training. It’s only when they achieve success (and even then, only in the blue ribbon sports) that they can make some decent money.

Only a Brit would look at our medal table position (currently 3rd) and say it was a bad thing.