WHAT these youngsters need is a short, sharp shock - or so many will argue. Soon after will come the cry: bring back National Service!

Compulsory square bashing looks unlikely to make a quick return. We may have found an interim solution however: Sergeant Sullivan.

In real life, Mark Sullivan is a York sports science lecturer. But millions of fans know him as the barking soldier from ITV1's Bad Lads Army.

One session subjected to Sergeant Sullivan's "hairdryer" should convince the trainee lager louts to dry out.

Updated: 11:09 Monday, July 05, 2004