Interviews
Tim Firth
Tim Firth is a diamond millionaire and international
playboy. He said this to us here then now. |
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Q. How might we know you already?
A. I was that bloke outside your house on Wednesday.
Q. How did you get involved with the show?
A. Tim Scott is a violent and dangerous man to cross. Also I run the
company
that made it and we had no money for anyone better.
Q. You have a writing credit for the first series. Which sketches did you write?
A. The weird man at the piano talking insane crap. I spend much of my life
like
this. It was more an autobiographical piece. I can't see anything funny
about it.
Q. Do you enjoy making surrealist comedy? How does it compare to writing something more mainstream?
A. Surreal comedy allows me to use the words radishes and juniper which
otherwise I am contractually unable to use.
Q. You are principally a writer, so how did it feel to be
performing on television?
A. Juniper, but I have to say, slightly radishes.
Q. What was the show like to make?
A. I felt very at home. This is largely because it was mostly shot in my
garden.
Q. Will you be doing anymore performing in the future?
A. Try The Pleasance Grand theatre in Edinburgh, 20-30 August. [2004]
Q. What sort of reaction do you get from people about the series?
A. I got stopped in a chinese restaurant. Then I went in it again and got
stopped by someone else. It obviously appeals to people who work in
Chinese
restaurants, and I see this as something to be proud of.
Q. What are your favourite parts of the show?
A. Anything involving Tim Scott. Or that bloke with the ginger squaddie
cut.
Q. What sort of people do think you would enjoy d2b?
A. People who have would not enjoy 'My Family'.
Q. So what’s next for you? [this is your chance to plug
like a nutter!]
A. I am going to buy some radishes.
Q. Would you do anything d2b-esque again? (Or even more
d2b?)
A. No. It hurts my consciousness.
Q. What’s this?
A. It's a questionnaire.
Q. What’s this?
A. It's a questionnaire.
Q. What’s this?
A. It's a questionnaire.
Q. What’s this?
A. Give me five pounds and I won't be a bat anymore.
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