Unmissable show?
This probably won’t be that popular with the guys but I really love New Girl on Channel 4. It’s got a dry sense of humour, and I like that. Also, repeats of Dragon Ball Z on Cartoon Network. I’ve been into anime since secondary school, running back home every Thursday because a new episode was coming out. The Undateables, too. I find it quite endearing. People who don’t have any issues with ourselves, we take a lot for granted. I watch a show like that and I’m like: ‘Damn – I’m lucky.’
Earliest TV memory?
There was this one show I used to wake up to at like six in the morning. I think it was called Monsters [maybe The Trap Door? – Ed]. It was a frame-by-frame animation, and all these Play Doh blobs morph into monsters. You know the Monster Munch monsters? Kind of like that. Anything can happen in cartoons, so as a kid it makes your imagination run wild.
Mastermind subject?
Magic. The guy who inspired me was David Blaine. Before, magic was big stages, quite flamboyant, but he took it to the streets and it felt raw and real. I love that.
Bottom of the DVR?
After Breaking Bad, I decided I didn’t want to get into any other series like that: you find yourself watching in the early hours of the morning, getting into this spiral of no sleep. But that Lord Of The Rings-type thing – Game Of Thrones! Everyone’s telling me: ‘Troy, you’re going to love it’, but I can’t right now. When I’m retired…
Pitch us a TV show?
I had an idea to make a reality show about the retail industry. I worked in a shop for six years and there’s so much funny stuff that happens, so much gossip, conflict between different departments, that kind of thing. We had someone pull down their pants and pee in the changing room, all over the wall, then buy new underwear and not even bat an eyelid about what he’d done. Things like that would make interesting viewing, I reckon.
Troy series two begins, Sunday 8 March, 9pm, E4
