Vic and Bob and Lisa Hannigan

In this wonderful media job I have, I get the pleasure of meeting a lot cultural, influential, funny, cool and sometimes amazing people. Today, I enjoyed the company of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer - who appeared on Andrew Collins' show on BBC 6 Music. Both genuinely funny gentlemen, who were lovely and polite.

It doesn't always hit me instantly quite how lucky I am to be in this unique position, and to spend a moment or two with some of our great entertainers. I remember at the end of 2008, whilst making a wonderful (if I do say so) documentary on the life of the great Bill Cotton, how happy I was to have not only been made tea by Bruce Forsyth at his home, but to have ridden in Val Doonican's Jag, shared a coffee with Rolf Harris and had a go on Sir Jimmy Saville's running machine.

I was also able to enjoy an intimate gig with Speech Debelle - this years Mercury Prize Winner - who performed in The 6 Music Hub. She sang just with an acoustic guitar, a very stripped back and raw performance, which was lovely and well recieved by the small audience.

After this rather celeb filled morning, I think tottered off to have lunch at HIX in Soho. HIX is one of chef Mark Hix's restaurants and has an amazing menu. I was taken by the manager of a new up and coming artist called Robinson, who charmed me and the rest of the guests over a champagne cocktail. The diners consisted of various people from Radio 2, including messers Alan Boyd and Mark Plant (2 good friends) and the wonderfully eccentric Janice Long and Alex Lester, both of whom I had the pleasure of sitting next to at the table.

I enjoyed a couple of glasses of Burgundy, some of Mark Hix's aged smoked salmon to start and an amazing Hanger Steak for the main, which came with a bone marrow stuffing and some of the best chips I have ever had! The whole meal was lovely, the conversation flowed and I managed to set up a dinner for when I'm over in LA next year. Wonderful!

The lunch took up the day (oh well) so instead of returning to the office, I perused the streets of London before meeting Ellie, another friend from work, who I introduced to the delights of The Tucan (a Guinness bar on the edge of Soho Square) We had a couple of pints, me drinking steadily, Ellie drinking through a straw, before going on to see the wonderful Lisa Hannigan perform at the Royal Festival Hall.

She played a wonderful set (not that we stayed til the end, I was tired) and the atmosphere was very...polite. After watching Lisa for an hour, we snuck out of the RFH, walked across Embankment Bridge and I endured the tube home...