What was the first book to make an impression on you? Fluffy Bum the Cat by Spike Milligan. Milligan was a comedy genius. I loved his irreverance. As a very young, working-class boy, without a book in the house, I felt books were this alien thing, not of my world. I remember picking up this book in school and thinking: “Are you allowed to write this?” It would be no surprise to me if I journeyed from this memory along the pathways in my brain and it would lead me to where I started writing comedy in London 20 years later. What was your favourite book as a child? I don’t remember a favourite but I remember I loved fantasy books. I read Tolkien over and over, and Ursula LeGuin. I loved...
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