Alan Davies: ‘I get called Jonathan Creek all the time – nowadays people think I’m James May’

The British comedian and actor on encouraging hecklers, why Will Ferrell deserves an Oscar and his love for Kylie MinogueIn your first memoir, My Favourite People and Me, you picked Kylie Minogue as one of your favourite people – but added that you stopped loving her when I Should Be So Lucky came out. To make this a question: how dare you?Ah, Kylie. She’s completely adored everywhere she goes, and I adore her as well. I fell for her when she was Charlene in Neighbours – I was a student studying drama in the 80s and the only drama that any of us cared about was Neighbours. Australian girls were the pin-ups for everybody in England. Continue reading...

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