What’s your favourite colour?

Blue

Dogs OR Cats?

Dogs (just ask Millie!) AND Cats (just ask Tin-tin!)

Birth sign?

Apparently, I am an archetypal Aquarian... 11th February

Lucky number?

3

Freud or Jung?

Jung

Musical hero’s?

Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Schubert... Jean Michel Jarre

The Beatles OR The Rolling Stones?

The Beatles

Favourite saying?

Keep it simple OR Do it now!

Favourite Season?

Spring

Factual OR Speculative?

Factual

Star Trek OR Star Wars?

Star Trek, but Star Wars blew my mind when I first saw it as a kid

Bach OR Beethoven?

That’s tough! ...Bach

What’s always on your iPod?

Mozart, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy,  Jean Michel Jarre, Steve Winwood, Oscar Peterson, Michel Legrand, Jacques Loussier

Favourite actress?

Charlize Theron OR Bridget Fonda

Favourite actor?

Ed Bishop OR Ed Harris

Laurel and Hardy OR Abbott and Costello?

Laurel and Hardy

Right or Left handed?

Right

Mickey Mouse OR Scooby Doo?

Scooby Doo

Favourite restaurant?

Vittorio’s, Bologna, Italy

Favourite meal?

A genuine Jersey (Channel Islands) Fruit de mer

Favourite car?

E-type Jaguar convertible OR Jensen Interceptor

Where did you get married?

Whilst on safari at the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

Blackberry OR iPhone?

iPhone

How do I relax?

Listen to music, read, play the piano, walk by the sea

I am reading?

The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder ... A Fantastic Book!

I am NOT reading?

'A Dance To The Music Of Time' by Anthony Powell ... S’truth!

Apple Mac OR Windows?

I need both in my work!

Favourite films?

2001 - A Space Odyssey, Apollo 13, Wall Street, Forbidden Planet, The Abyss, Amadeus, Tron (original), The Day The Earth Stood Still (original)

Favourite comedy film?

The Great Race - has never failed to make me laugh!

Favourite TV Comedy Show?

Fawlty Towers...   ...but beware!

Favourite TV show ever?

UFO by Gerry Anderson

Friends OR Frasier?

Frasier... ...early Friends is great too!

Arthur C. Clarke OR Isaac Azimov?

Very close, ...but it has to be Arthur C. Clarke

Favourite web browser?

Chrome > Firefox > Safari > Opera > Internet Explorer > others...

Most embarrassing moment?

Being ‘found’ in my then girlfriend's wardrobe by her father! ... Eeek!

Another embarrassing moment?

Accidentally tipping a very large tin of paint over my head

Yet another embarrassing moment?

Tripping over in front of 1,500 people (Wembley Conference Centre)

Tea OR Coffee?

Coffee

My greatest hero?

My late father - absolutely no doubt about it...

What’s your favourite childhood memory?

Making things in the workshop with my dad

What would you save if your house was on fire?

Aside from people: my animals, photos ...and last computer backup

What's the most expensive item you have ever bought?

My homes

What was the first record/single you ever bought?

‘TV Themes’, because it had the UFO theme (Barry Gray) music

What's the most important thing you learned as a child?

Be good, don’t lie, don’t steal, and be nice to other people...

What would you change about yourself?

Oh so much! I don't think I would be recognisable...

Which talent that you don't have would you like to have?

To be able to dance

Do you have a nickname?

Yes, Griff

What scares you?

What we are all doing to this beautiful world!

What keeps you healthy?

Walking my dog Millie, cycling, asthma blowers...

What makes you happy?

My wife, my animals, designing things, helping out where I can...

Train, plane or automobile?

Plane

What's the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Be yourself

Who is the wisest person you have ever met and why?

My father was wise, good, honest, hard-working ...a loving father

What’s the best holiday you ever had?

There have been many...

Describe yourself in three words?

Short, bespectacled, nutter!

When did you last get angry and why?

I despise bullying, and try to put a stop to it wherever I see it!

What's your favourite smell?

Vanilla, fresh coffee, citrus fruits, fresh laundry

How to you de-stress?

Spend time with my animals, listening to and playing music, reading

What was you favourite TV show as a child?

UFO, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet... anything Gerry Anderson

What's your favourite word?

Serendipity

What habit would you like to give up?

My sweet tooth. I have four spoons of sugar in my coffee! ... Eeek!

Is there an afterlife?

I really don’t know...

What's your takeaway of choice?

Chinese

What would you like your funeral music to be?

I hate the idea of a funeral. But, ‘Morning has broken’ by Cat Stevens

Have you ever hurt anyone?

Yes, and I will regret it for the rest of my life...

Has there been a single moment that changed your life?

Yes, good and bad: Marriage, near fatal car crash, brain surgery...

Where do you escape to?

Africa, the sea, my ‘Thinkie Spot’

What is your place to visit?

The London Science Museum (South Kensington)

When were you last star-struck?

Meeting Gerry Anderson and Ed Bishop (fan club: Fanderson)

Is your glass half full or half empty?

Full