We’re all in tiers at the moment, which in my case is a reference to the size of cakes I’ve been eating.
Last week lockdown in my area prompted me to begin wintering, so to speak.
Mainly this has involved six-hour spells on the couch watching telly with three large slices of Morrison’s lemon and poppyseed cake.
I needed something thrilling to get the blood pumping round my veins in order to stave off either diabetes or deep vein thrombosis, and The Hijacker Who Vanished seemed as if it would do the trick.
The documentary was about DB Cooper, a name familiar to fans of 20th Century American folklore.
In 1971, he hijacked a Boeing 727 jet, extorted $200,000 from the airline and made a parachute escape – never to be seen again.
A cool criminal with a plan at 30,000 feet? Irresistible.
Some new avenues surrounding the identity of Cooper, who vanished into an Oregon forest 48 years ago were explored.
Jo Weber revealed her husband Duane confessed on his deathbed. Another woman said it was her uncle; yet another theory suggested another hijacker.
One theory was so succulent I’d dearly like it to be true: the heist was planned and executed by a charismatic transgender pilot called Barb.
There are morsels here more succulent than any supermarket sponge cake.
The Hijacker Who Vanished, BBC iPlayer
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