"The problem with Five Day Features was that if we were going to fund it ourselves we needed Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee to do well in the cinema so we could build a pot of money. But it just didn’t take off. I haven’t given up on it but for it to work it needs some money behind it – not a lot, but if you want to let give people £50,000 to make something similar, you need a certain amount of £50,000s. I have an idea for Le Donk Does Derby which may get reborn. If one of them takes off then I can launch it and get some backing..."

This Is England '86 begins on Tuesday, September 7 at 10pm on Channel 4/HD. Visit www.channel4.com/thisisengland86 for more information.