The first series of 'McMafia' is very Alex Godman-centric and could continue to be, but we haven't even begun to explore the Middle East or Africa or even South America in detail. One of our ambitions would be to drop into some of these other places and, by doing so, bring the audience into a world that they wouldn't necessarily have been in.

Rather than a horror film, a ghost story is different because a ghost is what you can't quite see.

If you look around in London, there is a lot of dirty money. People see it as a safe haven: a bolthole to rely on if they are criminal or politically exposed in their own country.

A lot of the best stories are now being told on television.

A person has got to balance work and life and family in order to be a balanced person.

I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.

My family comes first. Maybe that's what makes me different from other guys.

For years now, Chinese parents and teachers have lamented what's known as the 'xiao huangdi' - or little emperor - phenomenon, a generation of pampered and entitled children who believe they sit at the center of the social universe because that's exactly how they've been treated.