Simon Mayo

Yes.

Would you say he's calcified?

I mean, he feels as though, Julian feels as though he's a very famous painter.

He has been a very famous painter.

Well, what happened to him?

Did he get cancelled?

Or what was it that has happened to him which has kind of frozen him from 20, 30 years?

And the remarkable woman is Michaela Cole, who plays Laurie.

She's been sent by your ghastly children, played by James Corden and Jessica Gunning, and explain what... Because it becomes something else, but she's on a mission.

She's basically...

trying to swindle you, isn't she?

The atmosphere between the two of you is fantastic.

You spark off each other wonderfully.

Written by Ed Solomon, I think everyone who watches it will think this must have been written for you, Ian.

That this is a fantastic role for you.

Okay.

If people can hear a whining noise, I imagine something in the pub has turned on, like the air conditioning or something.

We can carry on.

So when you say you wrote one of the best jokes, see the movie too.

It is a funny film.