Big Chicken!

A phrase that really needs to be spoken in a strong Scouse accent.

Like John Bishop's.

It looks like he is very happy about having just been arrested.

However, he hasn't been arrested and he probably isn't very happy.

Apparently, if you are involved in a car accident with no other vehicle involved, you are supposed to say, "Didn't you see that bloody dog? It just ran out in front of me!"

If you are convincing enough, someone living nearby will be able to tell you who the dog belongs to - even though it never existed in the first place.  This story from May springs to mind.

In John's case, covered in this BBC story yesterday, there really was an animal - the "big chicken" - and John had to swerve to avoid somebody else who was avoiding it.  We know the chicken didn't survive so there is a body for evidence (if it hasn't been eaten by now) but that does imply that the crash was unnecessary.  Shame given the damage to John's car:

It looks like the police gave him a lift to ferry he was trying to get to - bet they wouldn't have done that for you or me. 

The story describes him as "Doctor Who's John Bishop" which seems strange as he's only been in it for two minutes so far - I'd have gone with "Comedian John Bishop" but I am looking forward to seeing how the Daleks cope with his accent up in that there space.  Maybe they'll have an episode where he meets some big chicken people.