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i wrote for mills and boon back in the day, so... 0k.'s your key message, then, for valentine's day? oh, i think the key message is to be a good person who is willing to give of themselves to others. and when you do that, it will be reciprocated. and have you had to adapt your writing style over the years? yes, i basically have. i first of all, i did start out writing those mills and boons books, but as i grew older, you know, affection, the beginning, because you can't believe it's happening to you. i grew up watching comic heroes likejohn cleese and spike milligan and peter cook on parkinson or on the programmes in which they were funny. monty python and so on. and the idea that what... not that one would dare to compare oneself with these gods, but that one would get a chance to work in the same place with them and... and of course, to have the fortune of things like blackadder to work with rowan atkinson, who's a comic genius like almost no—one else in the world. he's extraordinarily brilliant. and then it's baftas this weekend. will

i wrote for mills and boon back in the day, so... 0k.what's your key message, then, for valentine's day? oh, i think the key message is to be a good person who is willing to give of themselves to others. and when you do that, it will be reciprocated. and have you had to adapt your writing style over the years? yes, i basically have. i first of all, i did start out writing those mills and boons books, but as i grew older, you know, it was harder for me to write about a 25—year—old falling in love. stay with us here on bbc news. in the celebrity traitors programme. i've heard this rumour too, and i've heard the rumour that if i... if i comment on it in public, i will be spanked by the bbc. apparently that's true as well. well, look, congratulations on the award, stephen. hello. there are parts of the uk, particularly in england and wales, that have really struggled for sunshine so far this week. some places had no sunshine at all through monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. friday may change that. the chance of some sunshine, although