I Exist As An Annexe Of The

Yuri Gagarin, The First Man In Space, May Have Had His Charms, But He Really Couldn't Be Considered Hip.

You Can't Do Comedy With A Beard.

I Suppose The Common Idea Of Me Is That I'm Going To Be Someone Who's Hyper And Cracking Jokes All The Time, But People Who Meet Me Are Soon Disabused Of That Notion.

But As In All Cults, What's Central To The Communist Party Is The Belief System And The Elimination Of Nuance. From There You're Very Slowly Led Down The Road To Fanaticism And Mass Murder.

I Did Six Series For The Bbc And That Was Enough. I've Been Writing For Ten Years, Which Is More Challenging Artistically.