Bob Mortimer

There's nothing better than just staring at a buttercup, struggling to make an impact on the world. ”

I was a solicitor once, so I'm truly grateful because I know what it's like to have a proper job. ”

I worked in a chicken factory, in a steel foundry, I worked on the bins for a year or so. It started as a summer job, but I stayed on because I liked it very much. I liked it that it made you very fit, doing all the lifting and that, so I could wear short-sleeved t-shirts, which I'd never been able to do before! ”

I used to like getting cups and putting tiny bits of food and liquids in them. I'd grow mould plumes in the dark wardrobe of my little back bedroom. Not to eat them, mind - just to admire the growing power. ”

Catterick' was originally a movie. That was what we intended for it and we had the money for it and everything. But we couldn't be bothered - I know that sounds terrible, but it's the truth. At a later stage we went back, split it up and made it into the TV series. But, yeah that was supposed to be a movie and we just didn't bother. ”

Throughout my entire three years at Sussex I never spoke to another law student. I talked in tutorials but as soon as they finished I was away back to my room to listen to my records. ”

We've always been a slightly specialist interest, and as you get older, for specialist interest programmes I think broadcasters are probably looking for younger talent, really. ”

I don't fish but had always wanted to after doing it as a kid. ”

I saw Alan Davies on a show from the London Palladium and he did a nice routine about having kids or whatever. I couldn't do that. ”

We miss 'House of Fools' a lot. It felt a bit like a different and fresh show for British TV. ”