The Independent is celebrating the greatest TV moments of the year so far, from the ones that got the nation talking to the scenes that moved us or made us laugh. In a series of articles running this summer, insiders share the part they played in making them happen.
It was Sunday night in the UK. The nation went to bed with bated breath (unless, that it is, you decided to stay up). England would play Mexico in the third round of the World Cup at 1am UK time (or 2am, as it turned out, thanks to a weather delay prolonging the agony).
