Michael Elphick(1946-2002)

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Michael owned a pub, The White Swan, in the High Street, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. In September 2013, the new owners of the pub found a secret loft space (an old priest hole) where Michael used to go to write letters to his daughter and to learn scripts of programmes such as Boon (1986).

I used to be drunk by 9 pm every night. Going on the wagon has made me a bit grumpy, but I'm a wiser man for it.