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That my first play, Red Velvet, took so many years to be done. It took me seven years to write and then five years to get to the stage.
Being nominated for an award and not winning – there have been a couple.
Not getting solo records playlisted on the BBC.
Spending over half my life under Tory rule.
My dog, Mr Q, because he has the saddest look when I leave.
Mathew Varghese, an orthopaedic surgeon who runs India’s only polio ward in Delhi. He provides reconstructive surgery to help survivors walk.
I am an ambassador for Rotary, and we are very close to eradicating polio. When I was younger, I lived in Mumbai and, as a kid from England, I was traumatised by seeing children on the street without limbs.
Redeeming mortgages. I did it for a few weeks, and it sealed the deal that I wanted a career in entertainment.
Everyone cutting out social media for one day a week.
When I got a doctorate from my alma mater, Brunel. My mother always wanted me to become a doctor.
Adeel Akhtar, Adrian Dunbar, Adrian Edmondson, Adrian Scarborough, Alison Steadman, Andrea Riseborough
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