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"You'd be an eejit not to enjoy it," he told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.

“But there is space to try things, make an eejit of yourself,” he said, using an Irish expression for idiot.

“I couldn’t. When you’re sitting at your computer, immersed in the world you’ve created, and have to write: ‘William Shakespeare had his breakfast…’ it’s impossible not to think: I’m an eejit.

"Even Fox is starting to see the writing on the wall. This is something worth watching. Stephen Miller comes across as a complete eejit."

“Then the eternal eejit Bob Hope comes on. ‘A whole ocean of laughs,’ the advert says.