- Armando Iannucci: It was a bit like the OJ car chase, wasn't it?
- Richard Ayoade: It was like the OJ car chase... but with no chase element... and one car.
- Armando Iannucci: [On the Blair-Brown succession] But Brown never cracked. His eyes were always on the prize - the premiership.
- Adam Buxton: He really wanted it. He... by the end, he had this look in his eyes like a sailor on shore leave, banging on the door of a boarded-up brothel.
- Armando Iannucci: We're now in the year 2031. Apart from the two billion people wiped out by flooding, we're in an era of unparalleled progress. We're able to use meat as a soruce of energy. Special airlines allow animals to migrate comfortably. But what was it like 30 years ago, in the first decade of the 20th century?
- Richard Ayoade: What was PETROL about? imagine! It smelt SO bad! If you ever tried to sniff petrol, you'll know what I'm talking about - it stinks!