I’ve met quite a lot of famous people. This is probably something to do with the fact that I used to work for the BBC and spent rather a lot of time in the bar, or getting in and out of lifts, or showing people into dressing rooms and studios. Here is a list of some of the famous people I’ve met and what they’ve said to me.
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A brisk forty five minute jog, pounding round and round the park, half uphill and half downhill. This is a really busy park. Lots of kids, some with their skateboards and others jumping out at me from behind bushes. Dogs chasing one another and considering the delights of chasing me. A small group of people preparing for their nightly Tai-Chi. A white van parked so far up the kerb that I have to run in the road. I hear Portishead playing as I charge by. People coming out of their houses and pointing at their cars to make them beep. A woman wrestling with a bike to keep a small girl upright and other runners now starting to look familiar, although they don’t yet make eye contact.
The new series of ‘Who Do you Think you are?’ has just returned on BBC1. It doesn’t seem that long since the last one was on. Celebs are obviously queuing up to appear on it. This week it was Barbara Windsor’s turn, ‘famous for Carry On and Eastenders’ as she reminded us.
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