It was sad leaving the BBC; not quite like being divorced, but you don't leave after a period stretching from 1960 to 1999 without feeling a certain number of pangs.

When my hair is long enough to be cut, I go to my wife's hairdresser, and she generally pays for it.

The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see.

He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.

From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.

The only thing that really annoys me is when all of a sudden you hear yourself on the radio advertising Smith's tyre shop or Blenkinsop's jam. They simply can't do that. And in Australia, occasionally I have to take action.

But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.