We have a show very early on called 'Slap Bang' on a Saturday night and it didn't work. It started off peak time and started getting earlier and earlier in the schedule. I think that that taught us you have to adapt.

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I'd love to be able to play the piano.

Obviously, the BBC is funded by licence-payers. If you are paying for a TV licence, when you see what people are paid, then you know you're funding that.

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I'm just known as Ant and Dec, even when I'm on my own.

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If you grow up poor, I'm not sure you ever shake that off.