Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages.

I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the Ross Kemp of comedy. He's very good in 'East Enders' because he plays a version of himself. I think I can play a version of myself - that's about all I can do.

I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'd be a comic now if it hadn't been for that.

I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach.

Let's face it: I am not a professional runner.

When I was a nurse my favourite assignment was the anorexic ward. I sometimes ate as many as seventeen dinners

Having done a normal job for 10 years, as a psychiatric nurse dealing with emergencies, I know what terrible, hopeless lives some people have. So in many ways, it's great to be able to wield the financial power that I can, and do gigs, fundraisers or give money. I feel lucky I can help out.