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

England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked during the First World War… I love it.

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

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.

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

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