Q Do people still talk to you about Howards’ Way?

A Absolutely! The series was a huge favourite with so many people that someone is always coming up to share a memory with me, it’s lovely. I particularly get people who are now in their 40s chatting to me about growing up with the series and what a huge part of their Sunday family life the show was.

Q Will it ever come back on our screens?

A Wouldn’t that be fun? In the first place, it would be great to have a rerun of the original six series and see how well they stand up to modern drama. But also, I think it would be great to film a new series now. There would be so many rich storylines for the children and grandchildren of the original cast and those of us that are left could swan around picking up the pieces!

Q Do you sail?

A Absolutely not! I learned for the series and was good enough to cope with all of the filming but I have to be paid to be enticed onto a yacht!

Q Have you been down to Hamble yet?

A Not yet. We have been busy with rehearsals and previews but there will be lots of time to go and look up some old haunts within the next two weeks.

Q What made you start producing?

A In 2009 Matthew Kelly and I were playing George and Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Andrew Hall. The production received superb reviews and was offered a transfer to the Trafalgar Studios in London but there was no producer to take it in so Andrew Hall and I joined forces and produced the transfer ourselves and loved it.

Q Do you prefer acting or producing?

A I am very good at loving whatever I am doing at that precise moment so, right now, it is gorgeous to be on a stage again.

Q How did you find rehearsals for God of Carnage?

A Glorious! Patrick Sandford, our director, is a joy to work for and creates such a wonderfully creative, free atmosphere in rehearsals that you believe anything is possible. We also have a superb cast and it has been a superb experience, they are so talented.

Q What’s your character like?

A Veronique is a mother and wife who believes passionately in fighting evil, poverty and violence in the world. She works in an art/history book shop and has written a book on Darfur. She is liberal and loving and always wants to do ‘the right thing’.

Q How is it being ‘married’ to Matthew Kelly?

A Gorgeous but not unusual.

Matthew and I first worked together 27 years ago and have been great mates ever since. In that time we have worked together eight times and regularly play husband and wife.

I adore working with Matthew, he is a superb actor and a gorgeous friend.

l God of Carnage runs until Saturday