We've been here in Vauxhall for ten years. It was an utter wreck when we first arrived, but we somehow managed to get the refurbishment done by begging, borrowing and stealing. The views of the Thames are brilliant. I live on a boat in Richmond, and a bit of me dreams of getting a fast boat and commuting to work. We've got MI6 next door, so they might get worried if I jumped out of a boat!
1 This is the history of the red nose, which is
in some ways the history of Comic Relief, because it's our emblem. We've sold millions and millions of these over the years. It started off very simple and then grew hands, became a tomato, changed colour and became fuzzy.
2 I've met Nelson Mandela a few times and he symbolises what Comic Relief aspires
to - to make the world more equitable. When we did Live 8, he came to London and spoke in Trafalgar Square and 10,000 people turned up
3 We're involved with a project just outside Lima that helps kids that have to work.
It tries to negotiate with the parents so that the children do part of a day's work but get to go
to school too. The plate is a little memento given to us by the guys that work out there.
4 This is a new thing. Comic Relief has always wanted to produce something appealing that people might want to buy. There are five different sauces that were specially developed by Gordon Ramsay and we get at least 10p from the sale of every jar.
5 This little boat is from Rwanda. It was given
to me by some women who belong to
an organisation called Avega, which means widows of a genocide. I went to Rwanda shortly after the genocide and met these women in one of their communities. To hear that horror was very emotional and moving. The response to our appeal film was extraordinary.
6 We've always had good support from
the music industry. One of the most extraordinary tracks we did was Peter Kay's 'Is This The Way To Amarillo?' It raised more than £1.5m.
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