So did you see it? From the number of posters advertising Channel 4's new series Sex And The City, I would have thought it unmissable.

I'm hooked, but if you didn't catch it, let me fill you in on what it's all about.

In a nutshell - men, women and sex: how single men in New York - where there is a severe shortage of eligible blokes - fall into several categories: Modelisers, who date only models; Serial Daters who ask women out then routinely dump them; Toxic Bachelors who love the fact there are so many desperate unmarried older women facing life on the shelf; Twenty-Something Men who are grateful for the older women; Marry-Me men, for whom any women will do; and Post-Boom Men - former yuppies retired at 30.

Set in the glamorous confines of Manhattan, it's riveting stuff, but I reckon, with a bit of research, Bradford could come up with a much more gripping pot-boiler.

Like the female journalist in Sex And The City, who uses her own and the experiences of her friends, to research the subject, I've consulted a few pals and discovered that it's not only Big Apple blokes on the pull who fall into distinct categories - Bradford's male population do too, only they're not quite the same.

Here's an outline of my proposal for another saucy series for Channel 4 - one which is bound to be an even bigger ratings success: Sex And Bradford City. And here we have our men:

SOCCERLISERS who prefer the beautiful game to any woman - whether it be you or Claudia Schiffer. Don't ever call him on a Saturday, or for that matter any day when the Bantams are playing, because he'll dump you far more quickly than the FA dumped Glenn Hoddle.

SERIAL LET DOWNS who promise you the Earth and deliver a bit of waste ground in Tyersal where they expect you to do the business on the back seat of their Dad's car.

TOXIC PILLOCKS who dowse themselves so thoroughly in aftershave that you need a standard-issue mask from Sellafield to have so much as a cuddle with them.

TWENTY-SOMETHING MEN who are grateful for anything - even if it hasn't got a birth certificate.

MARRY ME IF YOU'RE COMPLETELY STUPID MEN, who display all the outward signs of being totally useless husband material - permanently drunk, completely unreliable and totally untrustworthy - but foolish women think they can do the impossible and change them.

POST-BUST MEN who have progressed from merely being interested in the dimensions of certain female body parts. Now they home in on other aspects of a woman's life, notably her bank account and whether she's a home-owner with a well-paid job.

And there you have it - the men that make up Bradford City. Perhaps not as drop-dead gorgeous as those Wall Street dandies, but - for the purpose of our series - they are available and more than willing to do the business.

Now all we need is a team of willing females to pick them up, have sex with them on national television and talk about it afterwards. Any takers?

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