SPOILER alert. Pine pulled it off!

Although how anyone could have waited until now to indulge in the gripping final episode of The Night Manager is beyond me. It was as much as I could do to wait the week between sittings, let alone leave one of the best dramas in modern TV history on the planner for days on end.

The BBC adaptation of John Le Carre's spy thriller concluded in sensational style on Sunday. The explosion which saw a convoy of trucks carrying £600 million of deadly weapons blown up was as spectacular as the downfall of billionaire arms dealer Richard Roper was delicious.

"No No No" screamed Hugh Laurie, in fine form as dastardly Dickie, as it dawned on him that he was in the sort of trouble even his dodgy mates in the Government couldn't solve for a backhander or ten.

The Night Manager had a cinematic feel about it which has led - along with a number of scenes in his pants and less - to suggestions that Tom Hiddleston could be the next James Bond.

The BBC is notorious for wasting the cash of its licence fee payers. But on this occasion I applaud it.

Forget more broadcasters than footballers in Rio, more units than tents at Glastonbury, the £20 million lavished on this incredible globe-trotting treat was worth every penny.

I've booked a holiday to Majorca on the back of its stunning locations, although unfortunately not to stay in the opulent Roper lair.

But, The Night Manager did leave me with plenty of unanswered questions. What happened to the £300 million? Did the dodgy politician get his comeuppance? Did Jonathan and Jed live happily ever after?

And most importantly, did Olivia Colman's character Angela Burr ever give birth? The poor woman remained heavily pregnant as Pine went from hotel worker in Cairo to swimming in the Majorcan villa of his best pal, an international arms dealer, via Zermatt and Devon.

It smacks of a sequel to me and I, for one, will be thrilled.

Sunday nights were so much the better for it.

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