Baker took the heroic starring role in Zulu, co-producing with Cy.
Like Tony Soprano, the anti-heroic star of the show Matthew Weiner used to write for, Don has always been capable of strong feeling, of insight and empathy, especially for social outsiders.
To their fans Little Mix are both choreographed, heroic pop stars and slightly shambolic, down-to-earth best mates.
To the heroic zillionaire stars of those sports, the whole thing is at best an optional extra, often a distraction, and at worst a source of holy terror.
ON THE face of it, the "The Octonauts", a cartoon for pre-school children that stars heroic sea creatures, has little in common with "The Word", a raucously live late-night show of the 1990s, which featured celebrities swearing, boozing and undressing, and members of the public eating toenails and snogging old ladies.
The panel also reflected long and hard on the heroics of stars from other sports such as: Golf's Ian Poulter during the Ryder Cup's 'miracle of Medinah', The continued brilliance of boxing's Carl Froch, And the 'magnificent seven' from Champion Jockey Richard Hughes.
"He's a media star of heroic proportions," Dr. Sack said.
At the center of it all: an anonymous woman, scythe held against the sky, who seems more heroic than any rock star or stock trader.
Another heroic cat is the star of Catlantis (Pushkin, £12 hardback), a madcap and highly original adventure by Anna Starobinets, translated from the Russian, and starkly illustrated by Andrzej Klimowski.
