Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain.

You’ll like this, not a lot, but you’ll like it.

I am still working on patter and presentation.

I don’t get many hecklers now but answering them is an art form in itself.

When people say to me don’t the years go fast I have to be honest and say that whereas I don’t realise where they go in the long term, I pack so much into a...

I don’t particularly have any magical ambitions, but then, I never did. I just enjoyed the game.