Quotes from Chris Tarrant

No, I'm very patriotic. I'm very British and I'm very pro-British, but that in no way means you therefore exterminate anybody else you meet who doesn't come from Britain!

My grandad was the most wonderful man. He was a bit like me. He was basically a country bumpkin but he did well; he became managing director of quite a successful company but all he really wanted to do was to come home, put his disgusting old trampy clothes on and go for walks across the country.

When I was kid I always wanted to be either the captain of the England cricket team or I wanted to be a river bailiff.

As I get older, the idea of wasting time is becoming more and more abhorrent to me and I can't stand the idea of simply lying in bed.

Sometimes, I'd stop the car on the way home after filming 'Millionaire', and fish for a while in the dark.

There's a point at which we have to control our borders. The bottom line is the world is full up and the population on the planet is getting bigger and bigger and there ain't much room any more. So, how's it going to work? I don't know.

I don't want to go back to Capital Radio. I don't want to go back to rolling in custard with Sheena Easton and Annie Lennox.

I once went to La Boca district, where you can watch street performers doing tango, and joined in. But it's very hard to dance in Birkenstocks.

Before my stroke, I thought I was infallible, because I was physically strong, and could do these endless hours with no effects, whatsoever. But sooner or later, we all hit a wall.

I did have an expensive divorce, but I'm now better off than I was. So I don't need to work, I just love it.

When I was doing the breakfast show, I used to get up at three o'clock in the morning and go fishing before doing the show.

When I was four years old, I found fishing and it has been my base ever since.

I first visited Buenos Aires at the end of 2015 while filming the latest series of 'Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways', and I liked it so much I've been back twice with my wife. It's so much nicer than I expected - like a warmer, bigger, wider version of Paris.

Probably the most formative thing was at the age of four my Granddad took me fishing. That actually became a major part of the rest of my life.

I think one of the things about railways, if you get on a train you do find - as you come into Paddington, or wherever - you look into people's windows in a way that you just can't do in a car or any other way.

A big percentage of the Argentine economy is founded on beef ranching, and they produce steaks the size of dustbin lids. Malbec is the finest red wine in the world, and most restaurants have a wide selection.

There's no point in doing an intelligent quiz with me sitting opposite Kerry Katona.

I love being British but our railways are shocking. We are so inured to how appalling our railways are. And the idea in almost any other country in the world that leaves on the line would be a problem!

I spent hours playing in the garden on my own. I used to play cricket with myself. I never remember thinking, I wish I had a brother or sister. I had a lot of friends, and that was fine.

Britain's Got Talent' isn't all that far from 'The Gong Show' 35 years ago, is it?

My own marriages have not been a great success. I've been divorced twice and when I first got divorced it hit my parents very hard.

I had a great childhood, I love my Dad to pieces and I just had a great time.

I think the relentless tide of celebrity stuff on the telly is getting pretty tedious.

I didn't realise the depth of horror that happened in the Second World War every day.