I gather that Arjun Waney and Reita Gadkari, two successful restaurant owners in Britain, have ploughed in many thousands to keep The Far Pavilions going, while scores of other Anglo-Indians have also dug deep to keep this musical afloat.

When this film came out a while ago in America, it was called Fever Pitch. That’s because it is based — well, kind of — on Nick Hornby’s book. But instead of football, the new movie has baseball as its backdrop.

Anyway, it has now been renamed The Perfect Catch for us Brits. Interestingly, the movie’s advertisements and promotional material say that it’s based “on a book by the author of About a Boy”. No mention of Fever Pitch, presumably so women aren’t scared off by a blokey movie.

I hear that Hornby himself is not exactly enamoured of The Perfect Catch, saying, understandably, that he prefers the original movie version of his first book. But he can’t be too rude about the American-made film. His girlfriend, Amanda Posey, is one of its producers.

They Think It’s All Over completed its 10-year run on BBC1 last year. Its audience had fallen to the sort of gates seen on a Saturday afternoon at Bury in League Two. Well, not quite 2,000 or so, but about 3m.

The new controller of BBC1, Peter Fincham, has decided to keep it off the subs’ bench. Jonathan Ross and Ian Wright are rumoured to be returning as team captains, but the host, Nick Hancock, may be given the red card. The comic Lee Mack is expected to come onto the pitch instead.

They Think It’s All Over is made by Talkback. This just happens to be the company where Fincham worked until he left for the Beeb earlier this year.