I was always a sports nut but I've lost interest now in whether one bunch of mercenaries in north London is going to beat another bunch of mercenaries from west London.

My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.

English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.

I had a very, very difficult relationship with my mother, who was supremely self-centred. She was hilariously self-centred. She did not really take interest in anything that didn't immediately affect her.

You take your team _ east, west, north, south _ because I want my team. I've got battlers. I've got skills ... depth ... size.

You take your team - east, west, north, south - because I want my team. I've got battlers. I've got skills ... depth ... size.