English Television From The Fifties To The

When You Do Comedy In Front Of An Audience, They Are The Ones Who Tell You Whether It's Funny Or Not And Which Bits Are Funny And Which Bits Need To Be Fixed.

You Have To Create Boundaries Of Space And Then You Have To Create Boundaries Of Time.

I Was Very Sad To Hear Of The Death Of Ronnie Barker, Who Was Such A Warm, Friendly And Encouraging Presence To Have When I Started In Television. He Was Also A Great Comic Actor To Learn From.

And Now For Something Completely Different...

The Americans All Love 'the Holy Grail', And The English All Love 'life Of Brian', And I'm Afraid On This One, I Side With The English.