I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my friends are counselors.

I think it's essential for comic writers to have a hate figure, a despot, a regime to react against, and I think Thatcher was perfect for me, I loathed everything she stood for.

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure.

I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything.

I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my friends are counselors.

There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.

Barry Kent's father looks like a big ape and has got more hair on the back of his hands than my father has got on his entire head.