Especially when it involves Americans… They’re a funny old lot aren’t they? They really do love a spot of melodrama… it’s like a drug to them or something. And that is probably why they’re so good to watch.

I used to hate reality TV. Like - really hate it. I used to hate it so much, it made me want to put my foot through the TV, then hurl it out the window, then run outside, find it, and kick it in some more. I’m not a violent person really, but shows like ‘Airport’, ‘Cops’ and that god-awful one that Barbara Windsor used to narrate about drain cleaners – they just weren’t on.

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