Trevor McDonald

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.

I love living in London.

I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.

To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy.

I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.