Living the Dream:

‘You’re life Mister Brainbox,’ says Joanna Lumley to Melvyn Bragg, in this instantly engaging conversation. Some great facts emerge, including that Lumley – who was born in India – had to pay four pounds, 17 and sixpence to become a British citizen. “I can chum up to anybody. I’d have been a good spy,’ she muses, before outlining how she would have killed Hitler with a hatpin.