The curtain falls the same, in any case.

As the curtain falls for an extended interval, ministers have wished - consciously or otherwise - to leave the stage high-kicking in a burst of political noise.

Expect tears as well as laughs when the curtain falls on the final episode.

All that and there's also a wedding packed in before the curtain falls on the series.

For most, the curtain falls with rejection on contract decision day followed by a summer spent looking at a painfully quiet phone.