When I started a new job in May 2008 one of my first tasks was to get somebody famous to do a talk at a NHS Young Apprentices Awards evening.
I rang lots of agents but I needed somebody for no more than £3000
When I eventually had lists through, Chris Barrie said that since it was a NHS thing he would do it half price so he was normally £6000.
I had to spend the whole evening with him and spent around 1 hour in his room telling him about the different students so he could write a script.
He did a 30 minute set doing Spitting Image voices and doing a character that was a cross between Rimmer & Brittas and then spent the rest of the evening getting me drunk while mingling with the parents.
While drunk he told me about the Red Dwarf 3-parter he was doing and then swore me to secrecy.
I still have his phone number.
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