We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Python's Flying Circus. I didn't have to submit my ideas to the group. I used to turn up on the days we recorded with a can of film under my arm, and in it went.
I was between 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That's not exactly where I wanted to be.
It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you.

