I'd lo e to do QI or Ha e I Got News or You

Here, the Go ernment's new pledge to 11- to 16-year-olds - that they will be entitled to study cookery rom 2008 and learn healthy eating habits - comes into play. In Hull, where healthier dinners were introduced a ew years ago, there was an initial all in the number o children eating them - but, in the longer term, the strategy has been success ul. That shows that the actual introduction o the new nutritional standards has to go hand in glo e with an education campaign to explain to youngsters why they should engage with them. The main question mark, though, is whether schools will be able to persuade enough children to eat the healthier dinners rather than lea e the premises at lunchtime or bring in packed lunches Here Johnson was realistic.

Its plans bore ruit this week with the introduction o new nutritional standards - which mean e ery meal should include two egetables and there will be a reduction in attier oods. Diplomatically, too, Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, sought to praise the role o the T che in placing the spotlight on the state o school dinners rather than - as Ruth Kelly had done - trying to take the credit himsel . "But I'm not sure a man in his position should wear a thong..."Extras begins on BBC2 on 14 September. The Go ernment deser es much credit or embracing Jamie Oli er's campaign or healthier school dinners.

Merchant muses, "I suppose people want to see pictures o Kate Lawler rather than Jonathan Miller on the beach...""Although he has got excellent legs," Ger ais interjects."Yes," ripostes Merchant, unwilling to be bested. As I head or the exit rom Pinewood, behind me the pair are still rapping away Now they are discussing the boom in celebrity magazines. That's when you blow it."I'm ery care ul about what I accept. I' e resisted things that are un because I'm ery aware o the amount o goodwill you're dealt. I don't not do panel games because they're beneath me, but because I'm wary o people getting ed up o the sight o me."I'd lo e to do QI or Ha e I Got News or You. But what's the best that can happen i I appear on one o those shows? I ha e a great day.