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Everyone talks about the great TV shows of the past, what about the truly awful ones?

The Sopranos 鈥� over-praised tosh; The Jeremy Kyle Show 鈥� surely, one of the Bible鈥檚 signs of the End of the World; Little Miss Jocelyn 鈥� literally unwatchable. There鈥檚 three for you. My problem is that most of the shows people regard as awful, I REALLY like.

Which TV star would you put on a pedestal....or in the stocks?

Johnny Ball on the pedestal for encouraging kids to think that being clever was a good thing.

Gordon Ramsey would be in the stocks. He鈥檚 no doubt a great chef but the casualness of his foul mouth is one of those things degrading public discourse. Get yourself a f* vocabulary, man!

What would be your perfect TV show?

鈥楧octor Who鈥� starring ME!

Is video-on-demand killing TV as a shared experience?

No. If there are shows on that the family want to watch together, they will. The problem is that they鈥檙e now few and far between.

Why are US shows dominating our schedule?

They dominate the satellite and Channel 5 schedules but 大象传媒 ONE, TWO, ITV and Channel 4 are remarkably free of US stuff. Just look in your Radio Times.

Have you got a really good telly?

It鈥檚 OK but if Radio Humberside want to spring for a 70 inch plasma jobby as payment for my Saturday morning sacrifices, I wouldn鈥檛 cry.

Have you got a telly chair that nobody else is allowed to sit in?

No. I sit on the sofa next to my girlfriend. We hold hands. It鈥檚 nice.

Favourite line/catchphrase?

鈥楴OBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!鈥�

Who is the greatest ever TV character?

No question 鈥� Doctor Who in all of his regenerations.

Which TV character do you most identify with?

I鈥檇 like to say 鈥楧octor Who鈥� but, increasingly, it鈥檚 Cleggy in 鈥楲ast of the Summer Wine鈥�

Which TV character do you most look/act like?

When I鈥檓 at work, I鈥檇 like to think of myself as a Tom Baker tribute act.

Favourite place in the whole world?

Where the people I love are. If I can鈥檛 have that answer, I鈥檇 have to say the British countryside.

What's your favourite food and music combination?

Fried eggs on toast and British Progressive Rock from the 1970s.