The Sopranos got me through lockdown. Now I’ve finished, there’s a gaping hole in my telly life

Watching the HBO series gave us structure to our days, says Jenny Eclair. With nothing else happening in our lives, we had our date with Tony and the guys at 9pm to look forward to

No other company is needed when you have ‘The Sopranos’

People got themselves through lockdown in all kinds of ways didn’t they? Some turned to sourdough, others to running. I wish I’d started jogging back in March, because by now I’d be really good at it, by now I’d have worn in a pair of trainers, I’d possess a non-chafing sports bra and be happily jogging into town. Who needs public transport anyway? But I didn’t and for those who will tell me, “It’s never too late to start”, put a sock in it. It is, I missed my slot.

Instead of running, the one thing I did daily was watch the telly, which lets face it 99.999 per cent of us did, but I watched telly better than anyone else because I watched The Sopranos.

What’s more, I took watching The Sopranos seriously – for starters, my partner and I limited ourselves to one episode a day, awarding it the telly viewing sweet spot of 9-10pm.