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My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.
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I only really like to watch things like 'Time Team.' I'd rather be out walking the dog. It's all reality TV, which, as an actor, I detest.
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Walking is my main method of relaxation. I don't go over my lines or try to solve the world's problems, I just enjoy the scenery and the wildlife.
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My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.
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I'm very good at being out of work.
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I love taking the boat to the Farne Islands, a few miles offshore. It has a National Trust bird sanctuary with seals and every sort of seabird you can imagine.
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People are very appreciative, and I'm always thrilled at how long the 'Morse' films have lasted. They seem to have an afterlife that goes on and on for decades, which is touching.
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Oxford is a funny place, as it is a mixture of town and gown. You have the students at the main university and at Oxford Brookes, but there is also a big working-class community.
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I read the papers like everybody else, so I don't complain about what they print.
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When I came down south, I went to one of the early Wigan Challenge Cup victories at Wembley, and I was totally hooked from then.
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Being in Oxford can be a bit like being on holiday - there's plenty of time spent in the pub.