And this winter, as the cold winds of recession blow through Shepherd's Bush and Gray's Inn Road, broadcasters are enviously eyeing the kids' toys stacked under the Christmas tree - and are now starting to see TV merchandise for adults as a potential lifesaver.
The BBC America show will see Harris get behind the wheel of the "newest, fastest and coolest cars on the road", the broadcaster said.
He last saw Flanagan when the Orioles were at Yankee Stadium in late July, Flanagan having returned to the road as a broadcaster last year.
The BBC says that this will make iPlayer accessible to "millions" of new users on TVs: that, too, is an important milestone, because the service has always been accessible online via PCs, but going to other platforms like mobile and traditional old TV has been a longer road for the broadcaster.
Additionally, this service will only provide the road team's broadcast, so if a fan wants to follow their team through their home broadcasters, she's still out of luck.
A number of directors are thought to be hopeful that he will appoint Channel 4's first female chief executive to replace Andy Duncan, who quietly slipped out of the broadcaster's Horseferry Road HQ in central London for the final time on Tuesday.
Fellow travellers on the jihadi road, Hizbul Islam, intimidated Mogadishu radio broadcasters who defiantly replaced songs with the sounds of horses, roosters and guns.
The following day, reporters camped outside Woodrooffe's King's Road abode were informed that the broadcaster had "stayed indoors all day", presumably with a wet towel on his forehead, and was "not making any statement, and that is final".
St Matthew's Church, North Common Road, Ealing - chosen by historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes.
St Mary the Virgin, Well Hill Road, Fawley Green, Fawley, Wycombe - chosen by broadcaster Ben Fogle.
