I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night.

I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.

But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get.

My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.

In fact, one was so booked out we went from March and were to go till November, but the pantomime was booked so they transferred the show to the Prince of Wales Theatre because it was so packed out, and it ran on from there.

Such is life and life is such and after all it isn't much. First a cradle. Then a hearse. It might have been better, but it could have been worse.

I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen.