British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.

What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together

It's such a cold night and it's the only time I've actively been grateful for menopause. I've been entirely comfortable.

I think my first bout of that was when I was doing me and My Girl, funnily enough. I really didn't change my clothes or answer the phone, but went into the theatre every night and was cheerful and sang the Lambeth Walk. She said: “The only thing I could do was write. I used to crawl from the bedroom to the computer and just sit and write, and then I was alright, because I was not present. “Sense and Sensibility really saved me from going under, I think, in a very nasty way.

Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of Satan.

It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.