Remember Pigs in Space? It was a series of sketches on The Muppet Show parodying Star Trek (and other 60s/70s space-themed TV shows), featuring the adventures of a crew of pigs aboard the Swinetrek.

Boy that tasted good!" On learning about the pork treat, some Twitter users started posting screengrabs of the intergalactic Muppets episode 'Pigs in Space'. Major Peake is due to speak to the media ...