Lead actor was William Franklin (who also did Schweppes adverts).
The program was called Top Secret and was only on for a short time before falling victim to the long ITV strike. There was a much younger actor too who gave up a role in a soap opera, and lost both jobs.
Same here Douglas.. I just bought the wife a new phone for Xmas.. it has NFC which would have been linked to our joint a/c.
She says she would be to scared to use it and spending without swiping a card seemed too easy. .. I knew that it would be wrong to insist .. So there endeth the lesson!.