THEY SAID WHAT?

“At Christmas, I read a story about the mistreatment of elephants and realised I was upset about animal welfare while eating a bacon sandwich. I thought ‘Well, you really can’t be upset about elephants and not think about the pigs.’ I hope I can keep it up. I will certainly try”

- Actor and TV host James Corden, who has given up meat but says that bread is now his vice.

“Anything that happens in life is acceptable in Coronation Street, but it’s the way they handle it that’s important, and that the programme’s creators make sure it’s all treated with the right level of responsibility”

- Veteran Corrie actor Bill Roache.

“A brush with mortality does give you a new ‘oomph!’ I’ve done so much more since. If you could have one for free, everyone should have a heart attack about their mid-40s. It gives you a kick up the backside”

- TV star Bob Mortimer, who underwent major bypass surgery.

“I didn’t believe you could have someone still alive on a stamp apart from the Queen. Being on a stamp is not something you hope for simply because it is so unlikely. You can hope for an OBE or a Bafta - those are things that happen. But to be on a stamp, well it really is so nice. What a lovely surprise”

- Ian Lavender, above, the only surviving star of Dad’s Army, welcomes the postage stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of the TV comedy.

“This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other, has failed. Utterly failed”

- German Chancellor Angela

Merkel.

“If anybody in the design world gives you rules, then break them. There shouldn’t be rules - you’ll kill people’s creativity”

- TV DIY and design expert Daniel

Hopwood.