Tesco boss Philip Clarke gave an insight this week into how he hopes to turn around the struggling grocer with a spot of rocket fuel.

Philip Clarke

Philip Clarke

Tesco’s new adverts were go on Sunday, accompanied by the Thunderbirds theme tune. Clarke is pulling the strings behind the ads, which, if Tesco were the Tracy Island crew, would perhaps feature executive director Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe as Lady Penelope and Clarke himself as International Rescue boss Jeff Tracy (see our artist’s impression). Expect stick-on eyebrows in store soon.