MANY of you will remember the enduring images of England's defeat to the hands of Germany in the 1990 World Cup semi-final. Gazza crying, Chris Waddle blazing his penalty over the bar and Stuart Pearce weeping on the halfway line.

BBC2 put together a documentary offering the players' take on the events that unfolded on one of the nights where everyone remembers what they were doing (That Game: England v Germany 1990 World Cup Semi-Final).

For those like myself, who are too young to remember watching it on TV, the programme took you on the rollercoaster that seemed to follow England's national team and always ends in disaster.

As a keen football fan I found it very interesting to see players speak so candidly about a moment which they remember vividly at a time when players cared more about winning than filling their pockets with money.

The hour-long documentary took the viewer through all the key moments of the game offering the views of the German as well as the England players.

The highlights for me included Waddle's explanation of his dodgy haircut and his claims that he was six inches from scoring one of the best penalties ever if only!

Bobby Robson said Waddle could score penalties blindfolded maybe next time the England players should step up with silly masks over their faces. One thing I found rather funny that was picked up on by the programmes was the unfortunate Steve Bull who was left cursing on the sidelines he was ready to come on and replace Lineker only for him to go and score the equaliser and so he missed out in playing in the biggest game of his life.

It seems to sum up England's success so close but yet so far.

If someone came to me and said "£147.50 that's a bargain", I would expect them to be talking about getting a rusty old banger or a season ticket at Anfield but hairdresser Andrew Barn thought that was a good price for a pair of trousers!

I'd never seen BBCs Bank of Mum and Dad before but it seemed another of these programmes where I was kept interested by the stupidity of what went on.

Andrew had built up a massive £24,000 of debt and his dad was moving in for a week to sort out his spending and get him back on track.

It came as a shock to his dad who thought he might only be in £5,000 debt but it was more of a shock to hear Andrew had managed to spend £12,806 in the last 16 weeks on going out, buying clothes and essentials' and renting his flat.

I don't think I've spent that much in the last two years and I've had to buy a car in that time!

When his mum got him to raid his jar full of change they scraped together more than £30 that wouldn't have lasted him half a night in his old routine but that was his food budget for the week.

At the end it seemed Andrew was going to change his ways most probably because he had to. I don't have a problem with people spending as much money as they want but I don't want to turn on my TV and see them moaning about it when they get in to debt.

One to watch out for this week is Himalaya with Michael Palin Annapurna to Everest: Sunday BBC1 9-10pm.

In the third episode of the series Michael Palin's travels take him to the foothills of the great 8,000m peaks of Annapurna and Daulagiri as he accompanies Lt Col Adrian Griffith on the annual Gurkha recruitment drive.

We get to see the young hopefuls put through their paces as the 25,000 applicants are whittled down to 250 who will finally make it into the Gurkha Regiment and become rupee millionaires. Following Palin promises to be an interesting watch as he acclimatises for his eventual trek up Everest but things don't run smoothly as he becomes ill and it turns into a battle of willpower.