We tried our damnedest to make it a special entertainment, but I'll admit I'm a contributor to the decline in TV standards.

If I was prime minister for a day the first thing I would do would be to close the border. Then we could work out how many people we've got here. Then you get people out who have committed crimes and you look at others who shouldn't be here. Nobody knows how many people we've got here.

There are too many organisations - and the BBC is a fabulous organisation - that seem to think it's OK to badger, hector and threaten people.

I worked for the BBC for 30 years.

Reality shows have caused fatigue amongst the public.

We've sussed that we've paid all this money to watch ourselves entertain ourselves. We have more members of the public on TV than on C&A's CCTV.

Belief and trust in the power of the Cosmos gives even the most chaotic life a new sense of order and purpose.

I spent a lot of Saturday night on BBC television, being chased around by yellow rubber balls.

I'm the last person to claim that I'm sane.