There are two famous women I have always wanted to interview. One is Joan Rivers, the other is Liverpool actress Elisabeth Sladen, who is enjoying a career renaissance on the back of the revived Doctor Who franchise.
The lady whose age I am too much of a gentleman to reveal (and you wouldn't believe me anyway) now stars in The Sarah Jane Adventures on Children's BBC every Monday afternoon at 5pm.
And thanks to the electric gizmos which allowed me to watch Vivienne Vyle and Peter Serafinowicz after the event, even those of us who are still in the office at 5pm can catch up with the further exploits of the investigative journalist, who once travelled with the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker Doctors.
In the vein of Maid Marian and her Merry Men, Dark Season and Century Falls (the latter two among the first TV scripts from a certain Russell T Davies), this is kids' telly which doesn't talk down to the teenagers and which mums and dads will no doubt pretend not to be watch.
Last night (Monday)'s episode dealt with a team of mysterious nuns, an abbess possessed by a Gorgon which can turn people to stone, the feuding between recently separated parents, Alzheimer's Disease and a central character finally warming to the idea of having people she cares about around her.
It's well-written, exciting stuff, with a surprise guest turn from Phyllida Law (Emma Thomson's mum).
As I said, it's too good for the kids, and the internet forums are already a-smouldering with the suggestion that Sarah Jane and the man who lives over the road could be an item before the series is over.
I'm hooked.
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