In 1964, when I was Fancy Smith in Z Cars, I climbed the statue of Helios at BBC Television Centre. I blew up a french letter and put it on his penis. All the heads of television were down below and they switched on the fountain and bloody drenched me.
I’ve seen him on TV a lot, and read lots of interviews, but every time there’s any sort of interview with Brian Blessed you’ll hear some new, weird anecdote that just sounds like he’s just had the best, most fulfilled life, of anyone out there, and he’s managed to come out of it as a great guy.
