What’s your first memory of watching TV? Blackadder was a constant in my house growing up, so much that I’m not even sure when I first became aware of it. Hugh Laurie’s delivery of ‘anti-distinctly-minty-monetarism’ is still one of the best line readings I’ve ever seen.

Which programme that’s no longer on screen would you love to see return? Treme: the most incredible combination of great writing, great acting, an impactful story (the struggles of a post-Katrina New Orleans) and just irresistible music. Criminally underrated in my opinion.

You’re a primetime chat-show host: what’s your ideal line-up of three guests? This is a tough one to narrow down but I’d say Joan Baez, David Attenborough and Sam Shepard (before his death): three people who have added tangible value to the world and who’d certainly make for an interesting group.

Which sitcom have you laughed at the most? It’s not really a sitcom but Veep never fails to make me laugh out loud. Armando Iannucci is a genius and Julia Louis-Dreyfus is equal parts hilarious and terrifying. The jokes hit hard because they are so brilliantly insightful.

When was the last time you felt scared while watching TV? Watching the news every night.

What’s the best TV theme tune ever? The West Wing: makes you want to stand up and clap every episode.

What was the last show you binge-watched? Battlestar Galactica: bonkers title but a brilliant piece of TV and shockingly ahead of its time. Underneath the sci-fi, it asks serious and complex questions about the human experience, and the acting is phenomenal. 

Who is your all-time favourite fictional TV character? I have basically spent my life trying to become Barbara from The Good Life. She’s funny, self-effacing and wears great dungarees.

An T-Eilean (The Island) is available on BBC iPlayer.