I drive/ride. . . a bicycle in London. I've had if for 30 years, and it still has my son's bike seat on the back. I think it was a policeman's from the 1930s.

You wouldn't know it, but I am very good at. . . making baked beans on toast with cheese and garlic rubbed underneath.

You may not know it, but I am very bad at. . . doing my receipts.

My favourite work of art is. . .

sorry, I love it all, so I can't choose.

My favourite building is. . .

the stilt houses in Vietnam.

When I was a child I wanted to be. . . a farmer.

My biggest regret is. . .

not giving Margaret Thatcher a harder time. [In 1994 Broomfield made the documentary Tracking Down Maggie; the Unofficial Biography of Margaret Thatcher].

If I wasn't me I'd like to be. . . Sean Connery in To Russia With Love.

The soundtrack to my life. . . the theme tune to The Pink Panther.

I wish I'd never worn. . .

Nylon sheets on my rather hairy body at night.

A book that that changed me. . . Anthony Sampson's biography of Nelson Mandela.

The best invention ever. . .

I'm still working on it.