SO now we know.
David Beckham misses English pubs and pie and mash shops, while wife Victoria is pining for her favourite soap.
“I’m sure my mum will tape Coronation Street and send it out to me,” she says.
The Beckhams move to Los Angeles was covered in two ITV1 documentaries.
First up last week was Victoria’s Coming To America, hilarious from start to finish – so long as you realised it was a spoof.
Posh has since admitted that viewers, especially those in America, may not have got her ironic sense of humour.
Last night it was David’s turn with New Beginnings, named after one of his many tattoos.
It was an altogether more straightforward affair, even taking into account no fewer than four publicists listed on the end credits.

A night at the Proms and a real treat.
Not having seen him before, I was unprepared for the genius of Philip Achille.
Although I’m no expert, I gather it’s not often that a harmonica player takes centre stage at the Proms as a main soloist.
But that’s what Philip – aged just 18 – did.
You can see his wonderful performance of Larry Adler’s theme to Genevieve when a recording of Prom 2 from the Royal Albert Hall is screened on BBC2 at 6.05pm this Saturday.
And you can also hear it via the link on the page here.
Philip brought the house down during the two hour show, marking BAFTA’s 60th anniversary and BBC TV’s Summer of the British Film.
Introduced on stage by Richard E Grant, Music From Great British Films was performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
It included themes from Battle of Britain, Lawrence of Arabia, The Red Shoes, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Yanks, Wilde, Shadowlands, Harry Potter, Shakespeare In Love and The Dam Busters.

THE schools have barely broken up and most of us are still looking forward to a summer holiday.
So what do the TV companies do? They launch their autumn highlights.
Yesterday it was the turn of BBC1, before all the telly execs head for three weeks in Tuscany, or wherever it is they park their caravans.
The new season includes an already announced modern anthology of fairy tales.
Eccles-raised Debbie Horsfield (that’s her on the left) told me earlier this year that she was writing one of them – The Empress’s New Clothes.
Now the casting has been confirmed.
Denise Van Outen will take the lead as the Empress in the comedy drama, which will also star Life On Mars actress Liz White.

IT’S a case of silence in court for BBC1 legal drama New Street Law.
As predicted in this blog back in March, it won’t be returning to our screens.
Two series of the drama were made on location in Manchester city centre and on a set near Bolton.
But ratings for the court battles involving two rival barristers’ chambers, and starring John Hannah, Lisa Faulkner and John Thomson, were disappointing.
Fans also complained about the scheduling of the series, made by Manchester’s Red Production Company.
It looked like case closed when the last episode was moved to a midweek graveyard slot of 10.40pm.
Now the final verdict has been confirmed.

NORMAL service is resumed after my annual fortnight covering Wimbledon.
So it was off last night to the Adelphi Theatre in London to check out Lee Mead in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
The winner of BBC1’s Any Dream Will Do was simply sensational at what was just the third preview show.
I’ve seen West End audiences go wild on plenty of occasions over the years.
The real Maria von Trapp walking on to stage on the opening night of a 1981 production of The Sound of Music comes to mind.
I also saw the classic 1990s London Palladium production of Joseph and the touring version at Manchester’s Palace Theatre.
But the ecstatic standing ovation Lee and the rest of the cast earned last night from an electrified audience was something else.
It’s not the done thing to review a show before opening press night, which is a week today.

THERE was just one match of the day on Centre Court today.
Two chaps called Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played the men’s singles final to a pretty decent standard.
The one with the posh blazer and Swiss timing won for the fifth time in a row, equalling some record or other.
You had to feel sorry for the Spanish one dressed like a pirate.
Both Nadal and Hawk-Eye’s line calls pushed Federer like never before.
The iceman even swore at one point before eventually restoring order in the fifth set.
Foreign reporters with one eye on a taxi to the airport reckoned it was a classic.
But this was just the warm up act for Scot Jamie Murray and Serb Jelena Jankovic in the Mixed Doubles Final.
Jeremy Bates had already done his bit with a British win a few hours earlier in the Gentlemen’s Senior Invitation Doubles.

JUST back from a walk around the grounds with a very special atmosphere building ahead of the Men’s Final.
Both Federer and Nadal attracted huge crowds as they warmed up on adjacent courts this morning.
It was a chance for ground ticket holders to see them close up on outside courts 15 and 16 before the big clash at 2pm.
I took a camera along on my stroll and thought you might like to see some of the SW19 sights, with the men’s final now just minutes away.
First up, I bumped into David Spearing, the longest serving honorary steward at Wimbledon.
You probably recognise him as the man in that hat who sits in the players’ box on Centre Court.
His job is to look after the players’ families and friends.
Thanks to the many glimpses of him on TV, and Terry Wogan’s comments on his radio show, David has become a cult figure.

MEN’S Final day at Wimbledon and we have a Murray on Centre Court this afternoon.
Not Andy Murray, but his elder brother Jamie in the Mixed Doubles Final.
No-one is more amazed that the young Scot and his Serb partner, world No 3 Jelena Jankovic.
Local hero Jamie, 21, is aiming to become the first British title winner at Wimbledon since Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie won the mixed doubles in 1987.
“When I got to Wimbledon on the first Monday, I didn’t expect that I’d be playing a match on Centre Court on Sunday, especially in mixed doubles,” he said last night.
Asked what it meant to him to reach a Wimbledon final before his brother, Jelena sparked laughter when she interrupted: “He’s going to be jealous, big time.”
Jamie added: “I hope so. I guess nobody thought I would get to a Wimbledon final before him.
“But it happens – he’ll have to work harder.”

YOU have to hand it to Wimbledon.
After a rain delayed fortnight, Venus Williams and Marion Bartoli walked on to court just five minutes late for the ladies’ singles final.
With both men’s semi finals finished, the sun was out and tennis fans in the grounds had smiles on their faces.
Some listened to the band, some sat on outside courts and enjoyed great entertainment from the doubles and juniors.
Others packed Henman Hill to watch the big screen.
And some were lucky enough to have a ticket for the clash between Williams and Bartoli.
The brollies were up again on Centre Court, but this time held by ball boys and girls at change of ends to shade the finalists from the sun.
There were no shocks today.
Sadly for Marion, her 007 inspiration Pierce Brosnan was a no show. He sent flowers instead.
Venus won 6-4 6-1, but it was no walkover.

THE morning after the night before and Wimbledon is still a little stunned.
It’s Ladies’ Final Day, with the added bonus of two men’s semi finals starting at noon.
But all the talk is of the shock exits of top seed Justine Henin and American crowd favourite Andy Roddick.
John McEnroe described events here yesterday as, perhaps, the most memorable day in Wimbledon’s history.
That’s taking it a bit far.
But you could have heard a pin drop in the press room last night as a shocked Henin was beaten by 22-year-old Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.
After winning the first set 6-1, it appeared Henin – who has never won Wimbledon – would cruise through to today’s final against Venus Williams.
But Marion, inspired by a former James Bond, came back to create one of the biggest ever shocks in the history of the tournament by taking the next two sets 7-5 6-1.