We no longer check to see whether Telegraph. To see our content at its best we recommend upgrading if you wish to continue using IE or using another browser such as Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome. Charlie Higson, 57, got his break writing Saturday Night Liv e with his university friend and fellow writer and actor Paul Whitehouse. Married to Victoria, the couple have three sons and live in Tufnell Park, north London.

My father was an accountant but I took a very different career path. When I was 16 he told me: Your mum became ill and died when you were How did tragedy shape your work ethic? I certainly had a sense of impermanence, of what you have now can suddenly disappear. It drove me to not just keep doing one thing over and over again. I took a year off after leaving school between A-levels and university in That would have been as lead singer of the Higsons.

I started performing at university in Norwich and the DJ John Peel, who lived in Norfolk, was intrigued that music was coming out of Norwich and quite supportive.

It enabled us to put out a single that went to No. After leaving university, I was a professional singer for six years. Our first gig was in one of the small clubs in Norwich. For six years, we were always gigging, as it was the only way we could survive. We got free sandwiches and beer but I never made enough to do anything more. The bass player and I did a bit of decorating to make money. Suddenly I had money to buy new clothes and shoes. Well, Harry did, so Loadsamoney was quite a prophetic character for him to then make loads of money.

Harry got wealth and fame while Paul [Whitehouse] and I got work out of it, which led to making proper money. At the time, we made some money but if you add it all up, Loadsamoney was on screen for two or three minutes a week for 10 weeks, adding up to half an hour screen time.

It was huge fun writing for Saturday Night Live and a great first show to do on TV.

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Loadsamoney was an accident of good timing and a character that seemed to sum up the era. It even got to the stage when Margaret Thatcher referenced Loadsamoney in Parliament.

Since then, we obviously made sure that everything is properly covered. Harry did very well out of it. We did a tour together, which we got paid for, and a single which went to No. Paul and I got writing money for the single but Abba took 50pc because we foolishly sampled Money, Money, Money.

The record company told us: Not really, there was a certain feeling of it might be nice to have got a little more. But we were 30, it was fun, the first big thing we were doing. Things were happening and the most valuable benefit was a career. Probably The Fast Show because we did a couple of tours on the back of it. That was very lucrative and our way of cashing in on the success of The Fast Show.

Obviously we made a good living out of the TV stuff and because Paul and I wrote the bulk, we were producing and that adds up. How your investments might grow with monthly saving. Again I was producing, writing and directed some episodes. It just happened that various money from different places all came in at the same time but it was only in there briefly because 40pc very quickly went out on tax.

Why did you want to get involved? I thought Words was a fantastic initiative Chris Evans set up to get kids excited and interested in writing.

I bought my house in Italy because it was lovely and a fantastic place to go, and hopefully I can eventually pass it on to my own family. My wife is a graphic designer and book designer. Victoria made me a cabinet of curiosities relating to my own life. Made from antique wood, it comes with a set of 50 books she handmade for my 50th birthday.

Nobody else in the world has one and she made it especially for me, which is lovely. My favourite is The Reading Agency , who do a huge amount to promote literacy, particularly among kids.

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