Quotes

[on his character "The Pub Landlord"] The thing is, the older I get the more I agree with him. There is that thing that once you've had children you instantly become more right-wing. I think the Landlord must have had about a thousand children to be that right-wing.

Find out what happens next in Jamaica Inn (2014) by getting your ears syringed!

For many Southerners growing up, Jimmy Savile was the first inkling they had of the North.

[on one of his drumming idols, Phil Collins] He can play anything, he can play your soul music, your prog music, your jazz music, your fusion. He can play it.

I don't know why there is a stigma about liking Genesis.

[Panel Show, in character] I'm here representing the average, NORMAL, British person who's in favour of stringing up anyone who wants to work with children just in case!

We British are the most sensible, normal, down to Earth people INNA WORRRLD!

So, what is the setup to the punchline of appearing next to Nigel Farage as he crapped out on his fifth, yes, his fifth attempt to get into Parliament?

Unemployment causes Crime? I propose we lock up the Unemployed!

[Graduate Trainee] I got rid of him by telling the regulars he was a bedwetter. I wasn't proud of it, but it worked.

It's dispiriting meeting a young Communist, and I barely had the heart to ask him how he expected to get laid.