DAVE SPIKEY

Did presenting Chain Letters affect your ability to read properly?

(Laughing) Great question! No it just ruined my ability to present! One time a taxi driver had "Can't", and he said "I'll change the A to a U to make...", I said "you f***ing won't!" That was in the final round! What I loved about it was a contestant would have "Pass" and they'd say, "I'll change the A to a..." and before they even said anything the audience would be p***ing themselves!

Was doing Bullseye recently just as fun?

Being stood next to Tony Green shouting "Iiiiin One!" was surreal. And I'm going "Make finding your treasure, an absolute pleasure, with the Viking metal detector!" We used to write them, me and the crew, and we got some right dirty ones through that nobody ever noticed. There was one of those George Forman grills, and the rhyme we did was "If browning your meat is your idea of a treat..." And nobody ever noticed, it went out!

Is Jimmy Carr as smug in real life as he is on screen?

Jimmy Carr is without exception, one of the nicest blokes I've ever met. Very nice, very caring, very generous. I love Jimmy Carr.

So do you get to many Bolton games?

This season I've not been to many, I usually get to a few but I've been working away a lot this season. I went down to the Chelsea game, we should've beat them, I went down to the United game, we did beat them. Not as many as I'd like to.