Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty.

No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty.

There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

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've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.