If you are fancying a break away from all the football, it might be worth checking out some of the more hidden channels on your TV. There are some real gems around at the moment, like Rude Britannia, a three-part history exploding the national stereotype of Britain as a polite country of restraint and decorum. From Hogarth in the 18th century to Little Britain in the early 21st, this challenging and provocative series explores British traditions of satire, bawdy and lewd humour, and the nation’s deeply offensive taste for ridicule and mockery.

The series follows the enduring and spiky battle over four centuries between Rude and Prude and charts how a mischief-making people have always demanded their right to be rude.

In the company of scholars of British Rude, writers, singers, music hall performers, poets, comedians, artists and cartoonists, all manner of rudeness is revealed.

The series starts on Monday 14th June and runs for 3 nights from 9.00-10.00pm on BBC FOUR. Have a look, you deserve a bit of light hearted rudeness in your life.