It's the boyfriend who's the H&A fan. I watch an episode every now and again but somehow Alf and his orange rescue jumpsuit always seems to feature.
Interesting about your Scottish colleague as (whilst I was researching Lamingtons), I read this article... http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/ozwords/May_99/6._lamington.htm
I much prefer the theory about that Lamington governor bloke dropping a cake/bread roll/whatever into some gravy/soup/whatever and then throwing it over his shoulder into coconut/bread crumbs/whatever and thus inspiring a watching baker woman into creating the Lamington cake. Such a unlikely tale it just has to be true!