Set The Video: Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC One, Wednesday 20 August, 9pm

If you thought Patsy Kensit's appearance on WDYTYA last week was a good watch, then you ain't seen nothing yet. The man who has distilled the charisma quotient of the entire Conservative Party into one flop-topped body is on tonight. Seen his trailer yet? Brilliant. Marvellous. I wonder where his dig into his personal ancestry will take him? That flaxen-coloured flop top I referred to earlier might hold a clue. Boris Johnson is the quintessential Marmite Man. And I love Marmite, so I'll definitely be tuning in tonight to see where his "fossicking" takes him. No-one in the 21st century uses words like fossicking, so when you hear them you already know you're listening to Boris. His expostulations sound like something out of a Billy Bunter cartoon too, but that's just another part of his charm. Strangely in this world of spin,... [read full story]                    

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