How to pronounce “alastair” in English

Loretta: No, no, no, no, no.And if somebody like Alastair Campbell calls you and invites you to a nice breakfast and spins you, you know, you gonna take those news and you gonna print it. So, it's the

A great story, actually.questions that were being asked about Alastair Darling and others?

He then went on stage and he said, it's a big improvement from the introduction I got last week in Leeds, when I wasintroduced as, please welcome Alastair Campbell, the most evil man in Britain.So I'm very careful about the frame in which things go.

And thanks to Peter for that kind introduction.I am always incredibly nervous about introductions, ever since-- and you'll see this partly reflects in the book-- introducing Alastair Campbell at an event acouple of years ago.

I was doing quite a few interviews for Newsnight.And one night when I was off, I switched on another channel, and there was Alastair Darling, the chancellor ofexchequer, during the worst economic crisis of my lifetime, facing Piers Morgan.

And so--. We talked a little bit about my background. Did you see the "Planet Earth" series? I mean, I haven't seen most of these series 'cause I spend all of my time in EastAfrica filming, but "Planet Earth" was one that I filmed, "Life of Mammals," both of which were produced and directed by Alastair Fothergill, who came to me with this Disneyidea. And that was one of the shortest decisions of my life, next to saying "yes" to Jane, "Will I come to Gombe?" From 2008 to last summer, I got to spend on and off three years