Coming to a TV near you: Britain's Wakefield Today reports on a new Channel 4 show called Zero to Hero, in which contestants get a chance to live out their superhero fantasy. Comics artist Stewart "Staz" Johnson helps design the costumes:

"Using a range of household junk, or the kind of things lurking at the back of the garage, contestants and designers get together to make an outfit that the would-be new Supermen or Superwomen must wear to complete a task set for a fictitious comic book character.

"Tasks tough enough to challenge a superhero include walking on water, breaking a block of ice and scaling a sheer wall."

Of course, it's only a matter of time before someone swipes this for American TV.