And he said that he wrote the Bond character based on the character of David Niven. That's how he saw Bond.

Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.

We worked solidly for a long time together. George Marriott Edgar and myself.

Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.

I had a terrible job letting me do anything that wasn't comedy.

And then she finally said yes. And we have been married, I want you to know, for 51 years.

I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.