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AS IF THERE ISN’T ENOUGH ORIGINAL DRAMA TO WATCH, TV executives are increasingly opting to revive old favourites by bringing back series long consigned to re-runs. However, instead of old series simply being rebooted with new casts, classic titles are now returning to screens with the faces that made them famous in the first place. Most recently, Danish political drama Borgen (pictured) returned for a fourth season, 12 years after it first aired and nine years since season three ended.

Iconic US legal drama Law & Order also returned after a 12-year absence for its 21st season. Last year saw the reunion of Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte in Sex & the City follow-up And Just Like That, while Dexter also returned, 10 years after the blood-spatter-expert serial killer was last on screen.

Somewhere Boy writer Pete Jackson discusses how the meeting of the Channel 4 drama’s two key characters shapes the story of a boy who, after growing up isolated and scared of the monsters beyond his door, enters the real world for the first time.