I always get very fit if I'm going away filming for two months in Afghanistan or wherever.

I've always had a lot of time for servicemen. Yet there's been this bad relationship between civilians and the armed services. We say to soldiers, 'We want you when we want you, but stay away in peacetime. We're proud of you, but keep away from my daughter and don't come drinking in my pub.'

I'm an old git now, so I would say this, but television was better when there were less channels. There was more concentration and selection in terms of the output.

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.

I do dream about Afghanistan. I wake up and think I'm still there.

Some people figure that if they're part of a gang then they have less of a chance of being killed, because they are in larger numbers. But the problem with this is that it will lead to people doing stuff that they wouldn't usually do.