You hear that? Listen closely, the Geordie twang, heralding the end of society as we know it. Remember the Mayan prophecy about 2012, the end of the world? Well, look at this series about vacuous plebs in the north of England as the bell tolling the beginning of the end.

Right after the last episode we’ll hear a massive thud, as all the birds of the earth drop dead from the skies, then the seas will bubble with sulphur and the ground beneath your feet will crumble away.