Watch…Cheers(DVD and ITV4)…at this time of the year we all need cheering up and this does it for me! Made in the 1980s this American series showed how class and feminism can be made interesting and relevant to big TV audiences. Based in a Boston bar the two main characters, Diane (Shelley Long), an upper class graduate and Sam (Ted Danson), an ex-alcoholic and baseball player, are thrown together as waitress and bar owner. Central to the early episodes is the sexual chemistry and witty banter between Diane and Sam. There are other entertaining characters including Carla, the foul mouthed waitress and mother of four children; Norm, the alcoholic accountant; and Cliff, the lonely postman. The series lasted 11 years and was popular because of the time spent developing the plots and characters. The theme tune “where everyone knows your name” sums up the series, a bar…