I mean, it’s way too long, but that round of scoring at the end is almost worth the journey itself.

We started well but are in danger of only qualifying for the Europa Conference League now.

I’d forgotten the childish pleasures of being in the running at Eurovision. No points Moldova? We’ll not forget that.

Perfect timing.

Hey, if you want to see silly clips of me messing with audiences and all the stuff, I’m over on the insta at “thedaraobriain”, or @thedaraobrian, or whatever the format is. You’ll find me!

Anyone else spending the day staring at this screen?

Huge thanks to the cast and crew at Park Theatre for letting me play the clueless, and scriptless, Inspector in Whodunnit (Unrehearsed) 3, yesterday. Not sure why I’m making that face (below) I may still have been in character. Enormous fun.

Oh Brian Cox, has it come to this?

Ah here. And the “Irish dancing” section is particularly criminal. Was it for this etc etc

I sometimes wonder what it would be like in the non-evil timelines.

Ah, and I came so close! Still, just an honour to be nominated, and I was beaten fair and square. I’ll try again next year.

Ah, episodes 6 has landed! The Graeme Souness interview!

I won’t do this every year but… 1 year old this week. The angle of this photo makes her look smaller than she is; but don’t worry, you’ll realise how big she is when she sits on you, as you try to watch the telly.

Not sure I’ll survive the Bayern - Arsenal match if it’s anything like either of those quarter-finals.