Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson
Clive Stuart Andersonis an English television and radio presenter, comedy writer and former barrister. Winner of a British Comedy Award in 1991, Anderson began experimenting with comedy and writing comedic scripts during his 15-year legal career, before starring in Whose Line Is It Anyway? on BBC Radio 4, then later Channel 4. He has also been successful with a number of radio programmes, television interviews and guest appearances on Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week and QI...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth10 December 1952
If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support.
If you look at it ecologically, deforestation is high on the list of things which bring devastation. You cut down trees to build homes, for fuel, and you end up with no trees left, and you have to move on. If you take the earth as a whole, eventually there's nowhere to move on to.
I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.
I like to think of myself as a natural gardener.
I like being forced to think about things in a different way.
My favourite plant is the foxglove. I think they are a perfect balance between being a garden plant and a wild plant, as at home in woodland as they are in a city.
I am attached to the west coast of Scotland - it's gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with the possibility of being blown away or rained on. And in the summer months you can be eaten alive by midges.
I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.
I have done well out of TV, but not well enough to buy football clubs. I'm not sure it's ever a way to make money.
I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.
This is me, Clive Anderson, saying good night. Good night.
The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.
You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.
I'm not bald. I'm just taller than my hair.