“My dad's a doctor. So when we were little, at our family Christmases, ...” — Alexander Armstrong Quote

My dad's a doctor. So when we were little, at our family Christmases, we'd always have a couple of his elderly patients over for lunch.

So, if I ever find myself hankering for the long, respectful silences of the olden days, I remind myself that classical music broadcasting was a whisker away from becoming one long silence itself.

I love 'Pointless', part of the genius of the show is that it's always a different story.

I'd take lying by the pool doing nothing over aimlessly wandering the streets clutching a guidebook.

Countdown came about at a time when we'd just had our first baby, and, if I'm entirely honest, it looked like an income - a salary - something I'd never had before.

I love all my fam. I have quite possibly the best dad, mom, and sister in the world.

My mum and dad's hobby was amateur dramatics.

They were both academics, but my dad had to get a job on the railway, and my mum had to get a job in the Post Office. It was pretty hard in terms of the racism they had to endure.

We always had a lot of pak choi because my dad grew it in his vast vegetable garden in New Zealand - he grows everything, everywhere!

My dad's from Barbados, but I lived with my mum. She brought me up; my uncle took me to the football. I grew up in a white family, I'd say.