Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.

My wife likes history and documentaries, but I'm not so keen on them. I generally go and do some work if there's one of those on.

When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot.

I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.

I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas.

I'm not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American, except for The Sopranos, which I think is the best thing.

The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.