Any big televised event that starts at the crack of dawn is worth getting up for. I've done it all my life: big boxing matches, royal weddings, even TV-A.M.'s inaugural episode was enjoyed in pyjamas in my house.

Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.

You feel you can pretend to be young until you're 50, but after that, what happens and how do you approach it?

I love Sutton House in Clapton, a beautiful example of Tudor architecture.

I think that's important to women in comedy, that we get a lot of the good lines and you're not just the girlfriend or the sister.

Stresses in a marriage and in family life, sometimes they're prompted by whatever is going on in the wider world as well as what's going on behind your door.

I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry.