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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's long-running Q&A repeatedly asks this standing question, with minor tense variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
I’ve only done two and loved them both – one in the band, and the other as an interpreter in customs.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗
Clearing up someone’s sick – it was on police duty.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗
I sold double glazing in Stoke when I was 16. That was for two weeks. Other than that, I’ve never really had a “job”.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2017 source ↗
Cleaning the freezer room at Bejam as a Saturday job, aged 13.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 June 2018 source ↗
Love makes me feel sick. I get sick with worry about my kids. It keeps me up at night.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
Cowardice. There are so many issues that I would like to express opinions about but I’m too scared to stick my head above the parapet because of the social media pile-on.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
A Rolls-Royce. I met my wife, Jackie, when I was filming a Lynda La Plante drama called The Governor. I fell in love with her instantly and I was bullshitting that I had a Rolls-Royce. When I finished filming, she decided to leave her country and come and live with me in London. On the way to the airport, I phoned my PA and said, “Go and buy a Rolls-Royce.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
I was born in 1964, in the most working-class area of Liverpool, so the N-word was bandied around a lot.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
Losing my marbles.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
The Fake Sheikh did a sting on me once and the News of the World headline was “Craig Charles is an evil drug-pushing monster”. That wasn’t good on the school run, I’ll tell you that.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗
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