Andy Parsons was always very funny. He was in a double act with a guy called Henry Naylor. Dan Mazer was always… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm staggered when I look back at how, when I got to Cambridge, I didn't know anything of the world. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Actually, I've been doing stand-up on the quiet for the last 15 years, in the form of corporate gigs. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
In the olden days you cut your teeth on the northern club circuit. I've cut mine on the southern black-tie circuit. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
It makes me cross that no one takes great pride in doing a good job. It's so rare to find someone who… — Alexander Armstrong Doing good Copy Share Image
I ended up at Durham School, which was lovely, then Trinity College Cambridge. — Alexander Armstrong Cambridge Copy Share Image
I grew up the son of the village doctor, so my father was quite well known. At home in Northumberland, frankly Dad… — Alexander Armstrong Dad Copy Share Image
I'm not very religious, but having reached middle age I rather enjoy the quiet and the contemplation of spending an hour in… — Alexander Armstrong Age Copy Share Image
Danger Mouse' is James Bond essentially. A rodent James Bond. Oh and slightly Batman too I suppose. And let's chuck in a… — Alexander Armstrong Batman Copy Share Image
The nearest village was a place called Pauperhaugh which was a village in the sense that it had a phone box and… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm the youngest of three children. We lived beside a big beech wood, on the edge of the moors, in Northumberland, which… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
My dad's a doctor. So when we were little, at our family Christmases, we'd always have a couple of his elderly patients… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I've come to love 'This Country' on BBC Three. It takes a while to get into the swing of it because the… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I suspect that you, like I once did, are picturing the Arctic as one endless Pingu landscape of flat ice, broken only… — Alexander Armstrong Arctic Copy Share Image
Durham is the most beautiful place. Whenever I'm on a train going north I have to stand, nose pressed to the window,… — Alexander Armstrong Beautiful Copy Share Image
The Arctic as a lesser-known region of the world was the ideal destination - beautiful, mysterious, lethal, enchanting and, crucially, populated with… — Alexander Armstrong Arctic Copy Share Image
I used to drive a scooter and once a minicab driver pulled a U-turn in front of me and I went flying… — Alexander Armstrong Drive Copy Share Image
Alpacas are much more biddable creatures. Llamas are horrible. As a species, it's probably for the best that they're wary of us.… — Alexander Armstrong Animal Copy Share Image
The problem is you have people who are keenly aware of what their time span is. Governments work towards the next election;… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I always think that in nearly every instance things that turn ugly, they almost invariably do so because of a misunderstanding, or… — Alexander Armstrong Communication Copy Share Image
I don't know about scared, but 'Chernobyl' definitely made me deeply uncomfortable. Almost addictively uncomfortable: don't know what that says about me.… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I was a chorister at St Mary's Music School, from the ages of 11 to 13, after prep school and before I… — Alexander Armstrong City Copy Share Image
There was a period in the Nineties when the BBC wanted to act as if it was a trendy Soho independent. They… — Alexander Armstrong Esprit de corps Copy Share Image
I have four boys aged 10 and under. Fatherhood is lovely but there is this slightly shocking moment when you realise it… — Alexander Armstrong Boys Copy Share Image
What I loved about Radio 3 back in the olden days, when it didn't give a toss about the youth, were the… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
I have never actually abandoned singing. I have sung at lots of friends' weddings and family events to keep up my classical… — Alexander Armstrong Family Copy Share Image
I suppose I am Scottish - Armstrong. They were thugs, basically, reivers - and I bet they were ravers, too. They lived… — Alexander Armstrong Crown Copy Share Image
For years we've had all the big-hitting HBO box-set dramas, all these brilliant, witty, clever shows, and in return the only thing… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Our main house is in the country, all our stuff is in the country, and that's home, though the boys, who are… — Alexander Armstrong Country Copy Share Image
Well I am breaking the omerta and telling the world about how the Arctic is surprisingly full of bustling conurbations and comfy… — Alexander Armstrong Arctic Copy Share Image
I would slap a tax on plastic to encourage people to use more biodegradable things. I would also like teachers, vicars and… — Alexander Armstrong Biodegradable Copy Share Image
The minute you watch your voice back with its proper animated character saying the words, that's when you learn exactly what you… — Alexander Armstrong Character Copy Share Image
