I spent a glorious birthday working alongside my friends at Talking Pictures TV, interviewing Jim Moir a.k.a. Vic Reeves on the films and stars on the channel that he most adores. It was an absolute delight of nostalgia and irreverence, and footage from the day will be coming to your screens soon. It also came on the day that the Radio Times finally agreed to add the channel to their listings, and just ahead of a deal with Virgin Media being announced. Talking Pictures TV has rapidly became the best place for classic entertainment on British television.

Then it was a hoot-foot over to the Donmar Warehouse to meet up with my dear chum Alex Romeo for Sir Lenny Henry in Bertolt Brecht’s ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’. A splendid time was had by all.