Welsh comedian, actor and presenter Griff Rhys Jones OBE, 67, is best known for his BBC comedy sketch shows Not The Nine O’Clock News and Alas Smith And Jones. He lives in Suffolk with his wife, Jo, and has two grown-up children.
HOW TO PERSUADE ALAN SUGAR TO GIVE YOU £1M!
I’ve never been good at asking for what I need, which, as I fundraise for charity from time to time, can be a problem.
In the 1990s, I had to raise £20 million to restore the Hackney Empire. I took a potential donor, a famous heir to a fortune, out to lunch but he was dismayed when I asked him, over the creme brulee, if he would like to contribute. He thought I was his new best friend. Now I was asking for his money.