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I grew up loving TV so much. It was such an integral part of my youth, and I was completely an Emmy geek.

The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.

I love going on BBC6 and BBC7 and listening to documentaries.

There are only a handful of really good TV programmes, and I'm blessed to be in one of them.

The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish.

In my opinion, the BBC are one of the best producers of drama in the world, and it made me incredibly happy to get the opportunity to be one of the leading men in one of their productions.

I am a nerd among nerds.

When I was a young kid, the best stuff on television was always the BBC period dramas - it was what we sat down as a family to watch and what people talked about and looked forward to.

I've done loads of things people have never seen - dramas on BBC4 and plays upstairs at the Royal Court and the Bush - and because I didn't go to drama school, they gave me an education.

I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.