OK, let’s get all this Being Human stuff out of the way early doors. I posted a trailer for episode three this morning, and I’m going to get this off my chest too. It has been bothering me all week. In last week’s episode – right at the end – Mitchell, George and Annie settled down to watch a DVD that was posted through the letterbox. On it, a man stripped himself to the nipples and climbed into bed with… no one. Thin air. Micthell explained he was having sexy times with a vampire, and vampires do not show up on film. Thusly, a new art form was born. Air shagging. WARNING: Over the jump there are images of a bottomy nature.

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I was speaking to a fellow Being Human fan earlier on the week and we both agreed that the air shagging scene had stuck in our minds. Not for the obvious reasons, but because we both wondered how an actor would feel, after learning that he landed a part in a hot new fantasy series on BBC Three, about the fact that all would be seen of him onscreen would be his arse.

This got us wondering about other thankless jobs on television. A vet extra who has to stick his hand up a cow’s bottom on All Creatures Great And Small? An extra who has to stand around a cold market all day on EastEnders? How about an extra who has to pretend he or she has been in an horrific accident on Casualty?

But you have to give this man credit. He air shags quite well. I wonder if he got all method for the part, kicked his partner out of the house and limited himself to gyrating sweet air? Let’s have a look at the technique.

1. Slides over the bed and moves into position.

2. Opens legs and adopts slightly bent knee for maximum thrustage. Note the non dangling frontal areas. Fine work on that score.

3. Position change. Seamless. Nice use of the left arm to cradle air partner.

4. Getting into it now. This is where the air vampire strikes…