Working with Ronnie Barker was always a joy and were without doubt some of the best years of my career

I'm getting fed up of living away from home so much. They look after you very well but it doesn't matter how well you're looked after, how nice the hotel is, if you're away from home constantly, the bloody dog savages you, thinks you're a stranger, the kid cries and the wife's stuck to your face!

Anybody who wants to make television has a tremendous problem because it's a financially restrictive media in this day and age.