Saturday Magazine - 24.08.2019

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Words by: Katherine Hassell

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Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey star

Kate Phillips PLUS delicious vegan treats

AND laidback looks for the weekend Free with the

What have you been

watching recently?

Chernobyl was great, with

excellent performances from

all, especially Jared Harris.

Do you binge watch?

Definitely. The last thing I binged on was

Line of Duty. Adrian Dunbar is great. And I’ve

recently caught up on Parks and Recreation.

Any retro favourites?

I watch Friends endlessly with the kids, and

I’m a fan of Seinfeld.

Where do you watch TV?

In my living room. It’s a small room with a lot

of furniture pointing at the telly.

You’ve been playing rural detective

John Barnaby since 2011. Do you ever

dream about moving to the country?

I do. I’d like some chickens and goats and an

orchard and a stream and

woods. I’d like all that, but

a) how would you afford it, and

b) would I want to live in the

country? I’m from Doncaster,

then Bristol, then London. I may

be too much of a town mouse now.

Do you like outdoor pursuits?

I hate camping! It’s impossible. You can’t

sleep in a tent laying in a hole. So no.

Who would you swap places with for

24 hours?

Somebody musical. Either somebody who

does gigs or who is in a great musical.

What did you want to be when you

were little?

A footballer. My walls were plastered with

footballers of the late 1960s, like Bobby

Charlton. I supported Doncaster Rovers.

What’s the most romantic thing

anyone’s ever done for you?

Given me children – an outstandingly

romantic thing to do for a person, isn’t it?

Do you get any bizarre fan mail –

requests for toenails or the like?

I don’t think I’ve had requests for toenails. A

large proportion of fan mail is from Germany

and a number of those write in German, so

what they’re saying, I have no idea. They may

be asking me for toenails.

You need to go to night school...

Funny you should say that. For Christmas, I

got a Teach Yourself German book. I might

get a surprise when I finally read the fan mail!

MIDSOMER MURDERS

Bank Holiday Mon 8.30pm ITV

‘I watch

Friends

endlessly with

the kids, and

I’m a fan of

Seinfeld’

Neil Dudgeon

Actor Neil Dudgeon, 58, is best known as DCI John Barnaby in the

detective drama Midsomer Murders, which is back for another

episode on Monday. He’s also starred in Common as Muck,

Messiah and Life of Riley. Neil lives in London with

his wife, radio producer/director Mary

Peate, and their children, Joe,

15, and Greta, 13