The programme’s reporters manage to make the most reserved of people open up in front of the camera. One of the weekly themes is a visit to villages around Flanders, where a local guide points out the places and people of interest.

Recently the Mbh team descended on Liedekerke. One of the local characters persuaded to talk to them was a sprightly senior citizen who has a remarkable talent for parking. His garage is between his terraced house and the next. I say garage but, at 1m55 cm wide, it’s piepklein – tiny. I suggest you pause now and measure that.

He demonstrates to the camera. Eerst moet ik de fiets buiten zetten – first I have to take out the bike; anders kan ik niet binnen – otherwise I can’t get in. He drives a Fiat Panda, which is 1m49cm wide. He first winds down his window, folds in his mirror and attacks the entrance at an angle. Before you know it, he’s slid his car into the garage with 3cm to spare either side.

The smart reader may be wondering how he’s going to get out of the car. He explains: nu moet ik deze deur opendoen – now I have to open this door (in the wall). The camera goes into his living room: the door opens, and there’s our man in his car!

But the doorway is too narrow for the car door to open fully: nu moet ik achteruit rijden – now I have to reverse; ik zet de motor af, ik stap uit – I switch off the engine and get out. He has left the car in neutral with the handbrake off. Ik duw de auto naar voren; nu staat de auto op zijn plaats – I push the car forward (and close the car door); now the car is in its place. He closes the house door and lifts two armchairs back in their place in front of the door. Mission accomplished.

Nearly a million people have seen this parking feat on YouTube, but it’s all become a bit much for our driver. “Ik wil dat het ophoudt – I want it to stop”. Camera teams from all over want him to repeat his parking stunt. “Telkens moest ik mijn wagentje zes, zeven keer binnen- en buitenrijden om alles te kunnen filmen - Each time, I had to drive my car in and out six, seven times so they could film it all.”

What he needs is an agent.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZvnH0zADA