We knew we were making records for a certain demographic. We didn't look outside of that.

We were lucky that when we were making the transition from children's to prime time a lot of other presenters our age shied away from that arena.

It's funny. I don't really think of us as TV presenters. I think of TV presenters as responsible people who show children what to do with empty fairy liquid bottles. Not a couple of blokes who don't mind telling kids to shut up.

I'm not sure how much Ant and I are insured against each other. I've heard it's a couple of million. However much it is, it would never be compensation for losing your best mate. I've never wanted to work alone since we started together. All the ideas we have are for the pair of us.

Saturday Night Takeaway' is the show we always wanted to make. It's a direct descendant of 'Game For A Laugh' and 'Noel's House Party' and 'Russ Abbot's Madhouse,' and they're all shows we grew up on as kids.

We have got offered some shows in America, but really dopey shows - like reality shows.

I've never massively minded not being cool.

The real big learning curve for us was 'SM:TV.'

Saturday mornings, you've got three hours of live telly and it's really forgiving.

I love a sneeze.

I had my crisis at 30. I was actually really comfortable with 40. Life was in a better place.

I've definitely never said, 'Well, how about that, eh, I'm a national treasure.'

Ant was the only person who knew I was going to propose.

When we were 17, I got my first car, a Mini Metro.

The first meaningful friendship moment we had was when Ant sent me a Fred Flintstone Christmas card and it said, 'To Dec from Ant, have a yabba dabba do Christmas.'

I think Ant and I were ambitious because of where we come from. Both of us are from working-class families on council estates in Newcastle.

Right is what you should do, wrong is what you really want to do.

Animals are great but babies are the most magical thing ever.

I learnt violin at school and hated it. I wish I'd learnt guitar or piano.

I go for a sensible dinner with the wife when I can.

When times were good, we made more money. When times are bad, we make less money.

I think we're paid a going rate for how well our shows do.

It's naive to think we're the only living beings in this universe.

Put your head down and work hard and you can achieve what you want. You can end up in Buckingham Palace.

We did a version of 'You Bet' called 'Wanna Bet' in the U.S. a couple of years ago. It was a good little show but the network put it on over the summer on Mondays so nobody watched it.

When we became TV presenters, I found a place for myself and Ant bought the house for sale two doors away.

When we met Susan Boyle she was a very unassuming lady. We didn't expect anything and we were probably a little dismissive of her.

I do like 'Question Time.'

We're incredibly lucky and I get to work with my best mate - I don't know why I'd ever want to stop doing that really.

You know you're getting older when the record executives start getting younger.

I was a bit nervous before I got married and Ant said to me: 'Honestly, it just gets better.' It's amazing and the best thing I ever did.

We've talked about a sitcom and a comedy drama. It's getting the right project and working with the right people.

We got sacked for the first time when we were just 18 and you realise that this whole industry is transient and changeable.

Nobody ever sets out to make a flop, but it's going to happen. You have to pick yourself up, dust yourself down and say: 'Right, we go again.'

We always had one eye on doing Saturday night TV even when we were back doing mornings. That's where we wanted to go to get a bigger audience.

When we used to watch some BBC kids' shows it felt like some of the presenters were parental figures, we wanted to be their cheeky uncles really, their fun uncles, and speak to them on their level.

We did 'Friends Like These' on BBC and 'Slap Bang' on ITV which didn't work as well.

We need to start saying no to stuff.

No one looks forward to getting old do they?

Thank you to everyone who works with us on our shows for making us look like we know what we're doing.

There's been times when it has been tough professionally.

We don't get any hate mail.

I don't know if I get any mail. I think I just get bills.

We kind of owe everything to 'Byker Grove.' It's where we learnt to do what we do.

People would always try and set me up, which was awkward. You can't set me up on a blind date because she will automatically know more about me.

I love Leon and June and I love 'Gogglebox,' it's a brilliant show.

You can't not be star-struck by Mary Berry.

We come to Birmingham every January for the 'Britain's Got Talent' auditions and always have a great time.

Brummies make great audiences.

We toured the world, all over Europe and to the Far East and Australia.