I’m a trained lawyer, after all, so I don’t have to admit to anything.

I think political correctness is a moving line.

Schoolchildren and older people like the idea of planting trees. For children, it’s interesting that an acorn will grow into an oak, and for older people it’s a legacy. And the act of planting a...

If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television.

I try to make myself walk around a bit, but I probably think about it more than I actually do it. Years ago, I did think about joining a gym.

Gardening has just sort of grown on me. I find it therapeutic. And I like smelly things.

It is a bit frustrating. Things come and go in television. At the moment they’ve gone.

I’m pale-skinned so I don’t feel at my best on a beach.

Tree roots hold river banks together and stop the wind blowing soil away, there are many creatures that live in woods and they provide a sense of well-being and look nice.

On the environmental front there’s concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.

I do find myself surprised by the comedy shows that seem to have the same joke week in week out.

Research gathered over recent years has highlighted the countless benefits to people, wildlife and the environment that come from planting trees and creating new woodland habitat. It’s obvious trees are good things.

The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.

It’s true, people don’t imagine I’d be particularly woody.

I don’t think I’m really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, ‘Oh, God, that is a bit strong.’ And I wonder if I’ve always been like that and I...

I am attached to the west coast of Scotland – it’s gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with the possibility of being blown away or rained on. And in the summer...

Well, I’m happier talking about other people than me.

I’ve always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

Well, I was very lucky. I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and...

I remember being in China and realising how irrelevant not even Britain is, but also Europe. We’re just another remote country that hardly impinges on some places at all.

I have done well out of TV, but not well enough to buy football clubs. I’m not sure it’s ever a way to make money.

My favourite plant is the foxglove. I think they are a perfect balance between being a garden plant and a wild plant, as at home in woodland as they are in a city.

If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of...

If you look at it ecologically, deforestation is high on the list of things which bring devastation. You cut down trees to build homes, for fuel, and you end up with no trees left, and...

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.

I’m not bald… I’m just taller than my hair

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

I like being forced to think about things in a different way.

While Elvis was a country boy who sang ‘black’ . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country music was filtered through an R&B sensibility.

I like to think of myself as a natural gardener.

I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it’s slightly fictional.