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

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

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

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

I've seen the Pokémon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.