David Simpkin

And, *of course*, they've both done the show #strictly

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Beaky, Mick, and Titch

Absolute commitment to the bit, beautifully played.

Not Medwin - it's frequent character player Raymond Mason, cheerful purveyor of doctors and bank managers to the likes of Crossroads, The Bill and Terry and June...

One of the finest things that either of them have done. Magnificently taut, with a matchless supporting cast...

Even Holmes and Watson - the ultimate "enigmatic etc." - are variations on a template rather than a wholly original creation. I always judge them by their Watsons, by the way - they should be "grounded" if conventional thinkers, rather than embarrassingly dim.

Doesn't that date back to your actual Shakespeare and Henry V?

When I need a six-digit code, I still use my grandfather's phone number, and he's been dead since 1980...

I'm with you on the two pages theory - see the camerman's hair and the house at the back.

Eight Ways Of Seeing A Week #BergerBeatles

In which case, an ex-Blue Peter presenter or some similar some such - say, Lindsey or Radzi...

TVS, I think - I was a student from 81 to 84, and I think this was (just) after that.

TVS as well - late at night, if I remember rightly. I know I'd seen it before I ever saw Naked Gun in a cinema.

Ross is the same - absolute commitment, even though he *knows* he's too old and too stiff #Strictly

As someone else pointed out on here last week, the difference between Chris and Bosh is that Chris actually cares and is giving it his best shot - and that's great, regardless of the results #Strictly

There's bound to be some good charity shops near you that take books seriously - Oxfam do, the Children's Society do, and so may some of the smaller local charities. Generally speaking, if the book is falling apart, just recycle it, but otherwise all donations are usually well received.

A second-hand/charity bookseller writes: they're probably not valuable, but both might be interesting to someone as a snapshot of a place and a time. Do you have somewhere local to you that takes donations?

Thanks. Those are all great questions.

Eight, amazingly enough. I appeared on the original Fifteen to One back in the late 80s - got past the commercial break, but was first one out...

And I've just reminded myself that the original St Trinian's music was written by your actual Malcolm Arnold...

Chalkstripe suits and trilby hats in black and white. Look both ways and tap the side of your nose...

It's a phrase I know from old films, usually spoken by wide boys and spivs played by the likes of the great Sydney Tafler. London, East End, wartime and beyond.

Exceptional writing, magnificently layered, Coogan on fine form, and lovely work from Tim Key (amongst others)

Evil and Bob Cratchit.

Hitler and Obi Wan Kenobi

Edward VIII and the Jackal

Francis Urquhart and Bill Hayden, obviously.

Jason King and Peter Quint?

Bob Marriott and Andrew Prentice...

In the actual Great Hall? Excellent!