We were friends for four years before we started writing together, so that is the foundation on which our partnership is built.

We’re trying to fill the gaps in the collection. Several schools have opened since the museum was originally created, and for other schools, we simply don’t have any items to display.

When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.

I think that’s natural because it’s no longer new to them. Our main approach is to carry on doing what we do, not believe our own hype and do what we’ve always done, which is...

We’ve found that our lives are beginning to change, that the press, for instance, has taken an interest in us and our lives.

I mean comedy is something that’s very personal and people have strong opinions about.

Their street signs keep getting nicked. And when we did the live tour, when we did get to Wales, it felt really good to be there.

I’m a very recent convert to the gay scene. I went to a party a couple of years ago and met a very nice man who took me under his wing and started taking me...

People will love something very much or hate something very much. But the great thing about a sketch show is that if something comes along that you don’t like, something else will come along in...

I was hoping that the appeal of the show would stretch beyond the anglophile and comedy-obsessed.

It’s important to hold something back, though, because quite frankly my personal life is pretty dull and I don’t want to bore people with it.

We’re going to kill some characters off in the new series

It’s very likely that graduates, current employees and retirees have some wonderful pieces of Deer Park history in their closets or garages.

I’m the only gay in the village

I loved all the camp comics of my childhood, Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd and John Inman, but school gave me a very bad feeling about being gay and then, when I was about 12...

I’m a very recent convert to the gay scene.