Got a pleasant surprise on Saturday when I turned on BBC News 24 to see the comedian Paul Kaye being interviewed about Gaza.
At first I feared another celebrity sound bite urging "peace" and "why can't we all just get along" when their are far more insightful people out there without a "name".
But Kaye, famous for his brilliant 'Dennis Pennis' character, lives near the Israeli-Gaza border and spoke of his families' fear living through Hamas rocket attacks.
The comedian has apparently been angry at anti-Israeli bias in the UK press, and wished to be interviewed in response to comments by another comedian, Alexei Sayle, who was part of the demonstrations in London.
Sayle told the BBC Israel's response was "massively disproportionate" and although the two countries had a complicated history, the answer was simple.
He said: "Stop killing people, stop killing children and then start thinking about the little things after that."
Kaye contended that the situation was just as "terrifying" for Israelis under Hamas fire.
I felt Kaye gave a pretty honest and balanced interview, and although I don't entirely agree with him that the situation is the same for civilians on both sides.
He also quite rightly added that the dispute can and will only be settled through dialogue, and not violence.
Was quite a bizarre thing to wake up to when the last time I saw him was as Mike Strutter on MTV2.
The video is at the bottom of this news page: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7809656.stm
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