“Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious - it's almost impossible to fight the power of pink. It's not such a terrible thing to want to be a princess when you're five, but it would be nice if there were some other options.”

“I proposed to my wife on Brighton Beach, and she said yes. That's pretty romantic. Even though I forgot to go down on one knee because I was too busy trying to compose the question.”

“My first proper kiss was from Cara Shucksmith when I was 13 or 14 at her birthday party.”

“The strength of 'Peep Show' has always been that that it's quite traditional, but it's obviously presented in a very new way.”

“Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious - it's almost impossible to fight the power of pink. It's not such a terrible thing to want to be a princess when you're five, but it would be nice if there were some other options.”