Sandi Toksvig

It's like my life flashed before me there, Richard.

I feel there's nothing left to say.

Well, we just passed the anniversary of his passing, which is extraordinary to me because he was such a vibrant guy.

The fact that he's not here is hard to believe he passed away 34 years ago.

He was, and not just because he was my dad, the sort of guy that lit up a room.

He had a charm about him.

He was the sort of man who couldn't go into a bar without buying a round of drinks for everybody.

And he taught me to be interested in minutiae.

He was a brilliant correspondent.

And he always said it's the detail that is going to sell the story to the audience.

I'll give you a very quick example.

He was broadcasting to Denmark the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

And he was trying to find a Danish connection of any kind.

And Kiri Takanawa was singing.

And he discovered that her earrings were made by a Danish jeweler.

And he went, that's it.

That's the one.

There we go.

His excitement at that, I've never forgotten.

Well, it gave me a very odd relationship with fame early in my life.