The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.
There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.
All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty.
You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry, Henry VIII, Merry England, the Blitz
I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.