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His mother, Susan Deayton, was an employee at Bletchley Park where the Nazi's Enigma code was cracked during World War II.

He has one son, of whom Richard Wilson is godfather.

He was dropped as host of the popular satirical news quiz Have I Got News for You (1990) after 11 years at the helm following a UK newspaper scandal.

His one time partner Stephanie De Sykes wrote at least two U.K. Eurovision Song Contest entries which makes his programme "Not Another Eurovision Song Contest" somewhat ironic.