"Just an old, little man"

Andrew Davies

That was how screenwriter Andrew Davies described himself in response to the standing ovation that greeted his ascent to the stage podium at the jam-packed JASNA session so many were ecstatic to attend. I think the self-deprecation was genuine–for the most part, but the gimlet gleam in his eye as the applause continued may have revealed how welcome the audience's denial of such a label truly was. Physically, Mr Davies IS little, not much taller  at all than myself at 5'2″ and he ...