I recently started watching Colin from Accounts. It’s definitely not what it sounds like. It’s not about a man called Colin who works in accounts. It’s an Australian romantic dramedy television series about two people who meet after being involved in an incident with a dog. Colin is the dog.

But something other than the dog occupied my main attention when I first started watching it. The main guy looked familiar to me. I felt like I already knew him somehow.

In case you haven’t seen it, here is the trailer:

That guy is Patrick Brammall, and he is the co-creator of the series. It turns out I’d never seen him before. So why did I recognise him? It must be that he looks a bit like someone else.

It took me a little while to figure it out. Then it hit me. It’s James Bourne from the band Busted. Check it out:

I mean, I’m not saying they look exactly the same. Not like identical twins or anything. But if it turned out that Patrick was James’s older brother, it wouldn’t be a surprise.

But I also think there’s something more to it than appearance. You see, James Bourne is from Essex, England, and people from Essex sometimes sound a little bit like they’re Australian.

Anyway, time for a blast from the past. Let’s go to the Year 3000. Go on, you know you want to!

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