During filming, Jimmy Yuill [DI Doug Kersey] and I have been sharing this converted schoolhouse near Perranporth in Cornwall. The school's been carefully adapted and renovated and makes a nice gothic residence with lots of atmosphere. It still has the signs saying Infants, Juniors and Seniors, and even the old school bell. I dare say it would still ring, but I've never tried.
The driver picks me up from the house and takes me off for breakfast, which is around 7.30am if it's an early day and about 12 if it's a late one. I have it in the caravan – porridge, poached egg, whatever... I'm on soda bread at the moment because of the diet.
Lunch comes after about five hours. If I feel like privacy and have learning to do, I'll take it on my own. Otherwise we all queue up. There's a race to see who is first. The “sparks” always seem to win, followed by Jimmy and I pretty close together. Afterwards I'll have 20 minutes' kip, which isn't a problem if I've been up since five. And the act of learning lines can induce stupor. A short sleep is energising, but it's not a good idea to have a long sleep. Waking up after an hour or more is like climbing out of a swamp.
If we do manage an early finish, Jimmy and I do a quick nine at Perranporth. Golf is a game for which I have hardly any talent, but I am obsessional about it.
If you run over and get in late, you only just have time for something to eat and maybe a quick gin and tonic. It's not much of a social life – playing the lead for eight episodes in four-and-a-half months can look terribly boring to outsiders. If I went on the tiles, my system simply wouldn't stand it.
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