IN THEIR OWN WORDS: The Whitehalls

Back for a new series of Travels With My Father on Netflix, Michael Whitehall, 80, and his comedian son, Jack, 32, make for a hilarious double act. Here are their best quotes…

Michael Whitehall, a former theatrical agent, on his late-blooming career on camera: ‘I had no interest in being a performer of any description until these last few years, none at all.’

On what he thinks of his son’s act:

‘I love watching him. I’m not saying I love everything he does.’

On his son’s hygiene habits:

‘Jack never changes his socks, he can go for several days without putting new ones on. He waits for them to fall off. I don’t think the underwear department is all it should be, either.’

Jack Whitehall jokes about the expensive private education that his father paid for:

‘I always fear that one day he’s going to turn round and try to bill me for it.’

On how his dad isn’t as grumpy as he comes across: ‘I make all these jokes about how he’s this reactionary old bigot and recluse, but actually he is very charming in person.’

On why he likes working with his dad: ‘It doesn’t feel like work, it’s always just very natural and, given that we’re father and son, there’s a surprising lack of stress to any of the stuff we do together.’