Gyles Brandreth

Were there uncomfortable moments?

Were you aware of them?

And in your secondary school, how was that?

And age 16, you win new faces.

Well, yes, but it is because your whole life is changed by that.

Oh yeah, oranges and lemons.

So from new faces, on you go.

Yeah.

And is any of that, because we can't touch the whole of your career, we're not going to, is there any of that that you are proudest of and most regret of your being entertaining years before we get to your acting years?

What was the worst of those terrible events?

when you were young?

Your most memorable, greatest night of being a comic performer, the one moment there's magic in your hair...

Magic in my hair.

Yeah, well, I'm just... I'm trying to take you back to a time when there was.

In a moment, we've got some quick questions from people in the audience, but I do want to touch on your life as an actor.

When I did my A-levels, one of the Shakespeare plays we did was Othello.

And I was fascinated by Othello.

It's the most extraordinary play.

And I did a lot on the history of Othello.

I discovered about the actor Ira Aldrich, who was the first internationally known black actor to play Othello around.