The Daily Mail – 21st December, 2002

Richard E. Grant: The Hound Of The Baskervilles.
BBC1 9pm

Age: 45
Style: Describes himself as “Tall and skinny like a scarecrow, looking like an undertaker unless I smile.”
Attitude: Non-smoker, tee-total, vegetarian, you name it.
He says: “I have only ever been into a pub about three times.”
Finest hour: His sublime performance in Withnail And I
Don’t mention: Those Argos TV ads in which he plays a spoilt rock star.
They say: “I think they’re awful. I don’t know what Richard was thinking. It’s not as if he needs the money…”

— director Christopher Hall