Things have got even more bitter for Terry Arkwright since his last progress update at The Nightingale.

A couple of bungled escapades – one of which led to the masked avenger jumping off a motorway bridge onto the roof of a truck after being chased through a Crawley park by police – have left his methods in question.

Sussex’s most bullish vigilante won’t be deterred, though, spurred on by a mention in The Argus and a suitably imposing new name, The Dark Helmet.

Having been made redundant from his day job as a builder, the cheesed-off 60-year-old takes any excuse to whip on his cape and head-piece to save the society he despairs of, even at the expense of his family.

This raises the uncomfortable question of whether he’s a genuine hero or merely a jaded old man desperate for recognition. Either way, for all his flaws, you still end up hoping Les Hull’s deluded crusader will triumph.