He was also very generous with his packet of Galaxy buttons; and one of the great honours I hold to is that, when I absent mindedly saluted him as he left us, he saluted me back. What a guy.

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I find it very moving that he classified himself as a child here.

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It was a huge privilege to work with him on his family history for Who Do You Think You Are?. His was one of the first episodes that focused on one generation (his mum and dad). He was so proud of how his mum stood up to his dad (she took him to court); and so empathic of why his dad was how he was

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He also campaigned for Amnesty (IIRC after playing the intense scenes of Picard’s torture in “Chain of Command”), and, having realised that his father’s abuse of his mother might well have been fuelled by untreated PTSD, for veterans’ mental health charities. He really tried to make the world better

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There ain’t nothing I can’t eat. Ask your mama.

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