Today has been a good day, well for me anyway. Various circumstances found me interviewing Sir Ken Dodd for Frome FM today. As you would expect I had done my homework, compiled a mix of questions so that we could have a meaningful discussion. Arrived at the studio early, had washed behind my ears and was ready to go. Some colleagues were in the studio to provide support and at the appointed hour I made the telephone call. At this point I have to explain that as we are still building our studio it was a jury-rig, my mobile telephone held against the presenters microphone, but that’s radio!

Sir Ken had the drop on me as I was ringing him at home and he was expecting the call, but had to wait as I was initially talking to his ansaphone. Suddenly he was there, larger than life “ah jolly Geoffrey from Frome” and there started a twenty minute gambol through the history of Variety, Frome (and he knew a lot about the town), me, he interviewed me, never let me finish a question. A lovely man, so if you are inclined please go and see him at the Memorial Theatre in Frome on 16 April. Nearly ninety and still going strong.

And the fish? Half-way through the interview his doorbell rang and it was the man who delivers fresh fish. For three minutes we discussed fish – now that’s comedy.