Updated on 25 February: It seems as if there’s an end in sight (roll on 21 June!) to the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to Boris Johnson revealing his tentative (and subject to change) four-step ‘roadmap’ earlier this week.

It should be a positive thing, with everyone looking forward to easing lockdown restrictions across the UK. Still, though, people are feeling anxious, and understandably so. Some are worried about leaving the comfort and safety of lockdown, while others (understandably) don’t trust what the government is saying, with a lot of scepticism over lifting lockdown too early. And some have said that they’re feeling under pressure to celebrate 21 June 2021 in a big way.

It makes sense, then, that Netflix and Amazon Prime have reported a surge in viewing figures – especially when you consider the fact that we’re all binge-watching TV classics, such as Friends and Gilmore Girls.

Indeed, Krystine Batcho, a licensed psychologist and a professor at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York who researches nostalgia, has pointed out that watching our favourite old TV shows satisfies our “nostalgic need” and packs real emotional benefits.

Nostalgic TV: 18 comforting TV shows that we love to rewatch again and again