Five's show pony Nicholas only second best in show

Mark Nicholas, a centaur with an excellent tailor and magnificent mane? Well yes, thats what Robin Scott-Elliot in the Independent believes, heralding the return of Nicholas to the commentary booth ahead of a busy English summer. Hurrah the most conscientious groom known to man, or horse.

Five's show pony is back home after a winter of globetrotting and our screens are happier for it, for this is one of the great love stories – Nicholas and the camera, the camera and Nicholas. He loves it and boy, oh boy, does it love him, to borrow from his parlance. Have you ever seen a camera swoon?