Quotes

The trouble is the BBC now is run by women and it shows soap operas, cooking, quizzes, kitchen-sink plays. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days. I would like to see two independent wavelengths - one controlled by women, and one for us, controlled by men. (Speaking in 2007)

I used to watch Doctor Who (1963) and Star Trek (1966), but they went PC - making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching.

He was ahead of his time in so many ways. Quite apart from artificial satellites there were other things too. A great science fiction writer, a very good scientist, a great prophet and a very dear friend, I'm very, very sad that he's gone. (On Arthur C. Clarke)

I was in hospital once and I watched a whole episode of EastEnders (1985). I suppose it's true to life. But so is diarrhoea - and I don't want to see that on television.